The incident started as a Hialeah armed robbery and ended as a Miami shooting, cops say
A chase as police investigated an armed robbery started in Hialeah and wound up with a shooting in Miami, Hialeah police said.
The Saturday night shooting, at Northwest 36th Street and 35th Avenue, northeast of the Miami International Airport area, was an officer-involved shooting, a Hialeah source said. Lt. Jose Proveyer shot one of the suspects as he tried to carjack someone for a vehicle to flee.
The other two were taken into custody, police said.
Hialeah police say this started with a robbery at the T-Mobile store at 410 Hialeah Drive, a few blocks east of Okeechobee Road.
Once the trio got tracked to the Northwest 36th Street and 35th Avenue area, police claim, one suspect was taken into custody; the attempted carjacker was shot; and a third was caught inside a perimeter.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more is learned.
This story was originally published January 5, 2020 at 11:16 AM.
