Miami SWAT swarms area as police say they’re serving warrants to ‘violent criminals’
Special response officers swarmed a house in a northern Miami neighborhood Thursday morning.
Police said in an email to the Miami Herald that SWAT officers were serving warrants on a house in the the 7000 block of Northwest Third Avenue, and that the people they are after are “violent criminals.”
Officer Michael Vega, a spokesman for the department, said he could not release any other details.
An aerial shot from a WSVN news helicopter showed eight people sitting on sidewalk with their hands restrained behind their backs.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published September 5, 2024 at 11:24 AM.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald