A South Beach robbery suspect shot at a cop, raced across the bay and ran in Overtown
An armed robbery suspect in Miami Beach fired at a police officer who spotted his car and led police on a chase across a causeway to the mainland, before bailing out and racing away on foot, police said. Hours later, officers said a police dog caught him near a backyard shed in Overtown.
By mid-afternoon Friday, police from several agencies had set up a perimeter and converged on a few blocks in Miami near Metrorail’s Culmer Station in Overtown just northeast of Spring Garden. The station remained closed as police scoured the neighborhood for the suspect, later identified as 34-year-old Terence Daniely.
“There was a call for armed robbery and one of the officers spots the vehicle,” said Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez. “There was a chase across the causeway and he bailed from the car.”
Rodriguez said police were notified at about 1:30 p.m. that a man had robbed an Ocean Five Hotel valet attendant of about $1,500 at gunpoint on Ocean Drive and Fourth Street. The suspect then took off in a white Dodge Challenger with New York license plates. Miami Beach police spotted the car on Michigan Avenue and Third Street.
Police said when the suspect spotted the police, he fired at them through the car’s windshield, shattering the glass. No one was injured and the man took off toward the mainland and police continued to chase him east across the MacArthur Causeway. Across the causeway, Miami and Miami-Dade police joined the chase.
Near the Culmer train station, police said Daniely crashed the Challenger, bailed and ran off. Police set up a perimeter and finally found Daniely in a backyard shed on 10th street.
According to a Miami Beach police report, officers cornered Daniely and ordered him to toss out his gun. He did. They ordered him to leave the shed. He wouldn’t, and asked to speak to a black officer. After a conversation with a black police officer he exited the shed. Officers ordered him to remove his hat and prove he was unarmed, then Daniely “became argumentative,” the report said.
“Instead of following the officer’s instructions and removing his hat from his head, the defendant began fidgeting and moving his hands and his arms in a way that concealed them from officers’ view. This caused Officer Ybern to feel concerned for his safety,” the report read. “It was unknown if the defendant possessed a second firearm on his person.”
Police then sicced a police dog on Daniely, who was then arrested and medically treated for his injuries. The report did not say that Daniely had any other weapon on him when he was arrested.
He was charged with armed robbery, attempted murder, fleeing a police officer, resisting arrest and illegally possessing a gun as a felon. He also had a standing warrant for reckless driving.
This story was originally published March 8, 2019 at 2:49 PM.
