Armed man shot by Miami-Dade police at park where children were playing nearby
MIAMI - Miami-Dade police shot an armed man in a northwest Miami-Dade park, just feet from where children were playing.
It happened on Wednesday at around 7 p.m. in the area of NW 50 Street & NW 24 Avenue.
Miami-Dade Police Public Information Officer Alvaro Zabaleta held a press conference Wednesday night to say this about the shooting involving officers:
"Police officers in marked units observed a vehicle that committed a traffic infraction, they activated their emergency equipment to conduct a traffic stop. That's when the subject refused to stop and fled. They immediately deactivated their emergency equipment, radioed to the aviation unit and gave them direction of travel."
"Other units began to respond to the area to assist. The subject vehicle was traveling eastbound on 50 Street, lost control of the vehicle, striking a parked vehicle, then redirecting into a fence onto 4th Avenue and 50th Street."
"Subject exits the vehicle armed and begins to flee on foot across a park on 50th Street, where children were playing."
"The officers immediately gave chase on foot. They gave him multiple verbal commands to put the gun down."
"Shots were fired, the subject was struck."
"Miami Dade Fire Rescue responded to the scene and transported him to JMH Ryder, where he's listed in critical condition."
"None of the officers received any injuries. And thankfully, none of the children, as well."
A video from a witness shows a man running away when you hear someone yell out, "Drop the gun." Then, shots are heard and the man falls to the ground near a park, near the school.
The shooting will be investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
