Two men detained after fleeing from police shootout in Northwest Miami-Dade, cops say
By Bianca Padró Ocasio and
Michelle Marchante
Two men were detained for questioning after Miami-Dade police say they pulled up alongside officers who were responding to a domestic dispute and began firing at them. The suspects then drove off.
Police say they were calledto a domestic dispute in the Pinewood area along Northwest 96th Street and Ninth Avenue late Thursday afternoon. They had taken a person into custody when they began to hear gunshots in the area.
A car then drove toward them and a gunman who was “hanging out” of the car began shooting at the officers, Miami-Dade police Detective Christopher Thomas told Local 10. Police say one of the officers shot back.
The two men in the car sped off and later crashed in front of an apartment complex along Northwest 96th Street, according to police. They then ran into the complex, trying to evade police.
Officers created a perimeter in the area and say the men, who are 20 and 23-years-old, surrendered shortly after and were detained for questioning. Officials say no one was hurt during the incident.
This story was originally published February 13, 2020 at 10:34 PM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
Bianca Padró Ocasio is a political writer for the Miami Herald. She has been a Florida journalist for four years, covering everything from crime and courts to hurricanes and politics.
