Deadly stabbing led to shooting involving Miami-Dade police
MIAMI - A woman is dead after police say she was stabbed in Southwest Miami Dade.
The deadly stabbing then led to a shooting involving a Miami-Dade police officer, police said. The investigation was focused in the area of SW 200th Street and SW 122.
Neighbors told CBS4's Chelsea Jones it happened after 11p when a couple got into an altercation which ended in the man stabbing the woman and then running over her with his car. That woman died from her injuries.
After that, neighbors say the man rammed his car into another woman's vehicle who saw the scene unfold, sending that woman running for safety.
When the police arrived, there was a confrontation with the man. At one point, police say, the officer fired his weapon, and the man was hit. He was taken to Jackson South Medical Center in critical condition.
The officer was not injured.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived but it was too late to save the woman's life.
One neighbor said she heard gunshots late last night followed by a large police presence. "Just heard a lot of commotion with the police cars everywhere and we've seen the homicide trucks. It doesn't necessarily make me uneasy, I mean things happen. The world is surrounded by good people and bad people," said Chi Gonzalez.
The vehicles involved in the crash were towed away from the scene several hours after the incident.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the shooting involving the officers.