New details reveal what cops say happened before police shot driver in North Miami
A new report unravels the chaos that ended in police shooting a teenager and two officers being injured.
Around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 17-year-old, whom the Miami Herald is not naming due to his age, and an unidentified female were parked in a stolen white Audi Q8 in the Prestige Vista apartment complex in North Miami, according to the teen’s arrest report, which was released Friday.
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Police were hot on the trail of the stolen car, and while searching, a North Miami officer spotted it in the complex’s parking lot. The officer called for backup, and soon after, his fellow officers, along with Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies, descended on the complex.
One police car sped up and parked in front of the parked Audi as other officers walked up to it from the side with guns drawn with the intent of taking the teen and passenger into custody, the report read.
While the passenger heeded the demands to surrender, the teen put the Audi in drive and slammed into the patrol car in front of it. An officer taking cover behind the cruiser was almost hit. The teen then turned the car toward officers to escape but slammed into a garage pillar and a parked Buick LaCrosse — deploying the Audi’s airbags.
While the teen was making these maneuvers, he hit a detective in the legs and back. Several officers fired their guns into the Audi.
The 17-year-old was shot and taken to a hospital. The detective and another officer were also taken to a hospital for their injuries.
The teen was charged with vehicular grand theft, aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer and aggravated fleeing. It’s unclear if he was released from the hospital or is in jail.
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