Miami police officers converge near Northwest 26th Street and 16th Avenue as law enforcement responded to a shooting in Allapattah on Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025. Two Miami police officers were shot, and an armed man was barricaded inside a house, Miami police said.
Pedro Portal
pportal@miamiherald.com
Two Miami police officers were shot Thursday in Allapattah. A man hiding in a house was killed and another is in custody.
Here’s what the scene looked like as events unfolded:
Law enforcement officers with a police special response team are seen on Northwest 14th Avenue and 26th Street as authorities investigate the shooting in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales speaks during a news conference on Oct. 9, 2025, in Miami. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
A police armored vehicle at the Allapattah shooting scene on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Miami. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Special response officers at Northwest 14th Avenue and 26th Street. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
A police armored vehicle is on the scene where two Miami police officers were shot Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025, in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood. One man is in police custody and an armed man is barricaded inside a house in the area, police said.. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Police officers arrive outside Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial after two Miami police officers were shot while responding to a call on a shooting on Thursday morning near Allapattah.. The injured officers were taken to the trauma center. Their conditions were not immediately available. Police said they have one armed person in custody within the perimeter between Northwest 14th and 15th avenues on 26th Street in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Miami police officers converge near Northwest 26th Street and 16th Avenue after two Miami police officers were shot in Allapattah on Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025. An armed man was barricaded inside a house in the area, police said. Pedro Portal pportal@miamiherald.com
Police officers stand outside Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital after two Miami police officers were shot while responding to a call of a shooting on Thursday morning in Allapattah, Oct. 9, 2025. The injured officers were taken to the trauma center and are in stable condition. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
Police officers arrive outside Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial after two Miami police officers were shot while responding to a call on a shooting on Thursday morning near Allapattah.. The injured officers were taken to the trauma center. Their conditions were not immediately available. Police said they have one armed person in custody within the perimeter between Northwest 14th and 15th avenues on 26th Street in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, October 9, 2025. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
An FBI agent and another law-enforcement officer near the scene where two Miami police officers were shot Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025, around Northwest 24th Street and 17th Avenue, police said. David J. Neal dneal@miamiherald.com
Police officers arrive at Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital after two Miami police officers were shot while responding to a call on a shooting on Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025, in Allapattah. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com
A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office SWAT team van is on the scene where two Miami Police officers were shot Thursday morning, Oct. 9, 2025, in Allapattah. David J. Neal dneal@miamiherald.com
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM.
Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.
