Shot fired during a warrant execution, police say. A Miami school’s drop-off is affected
Parents dropping their kids off at Earlington Heights Elementary School will need to use the back entrance Thursday morning. The street in front of the main entrance is blocked, Miami-Dade police say, in the aftermath of an officer firing at least one shot while executing a search warrant across the street.
No one was hit, Miami-Dade police say, and the suspect is in custody. This happened around 5:50 a.m. in the 2200 block of Northwest 48th Street.
So, Northwest 48th Street is closed in front of the school at 4750 NW 22nd Ave. Drop-off has been moved to the rear of the school, Northwest 23rd Avenue and 46th Street.
Miami-Dade police say their Special Response Team was executing a felon in possession of a firearm search warrant. The felon was a 17-year-old on probation after a firearm conviction earlier this year.
“Once inside, they were confronted by an armed juvenile and shots were fired,” Miami-Dade police Det. Alvaro Zabaleta said. “The juvenile was able to retreat to the second floor of the residence and barricaded himself. Negotiating with our special Response Team members, they were able to convince him to surrender.”
Zabaleta also said there was no exchange of gunfire, just the Miami-Dade police officer firing. Because no one was hit by the officer’s shots, this will not be a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation, but a Miami-Dade police investigation.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more is learned.
This story was originally published November 4, 2021 at 8:13 AM.
