A second suspected Shooting after a robbery in Miami, Florida (USA), in which a police officer was seriously injured on Monday, killed by officers During a chase, local media reported Wednesday. Jaime Robles, 34, was shot dead at a Miami Springs hotel on Tuesday night while police issuing a search warrant, Local 10 television reports. roads.
According to the same media, this Wednesday, Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) agent César Echaverry is “fighting for his life” at the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. MDPD director Alfredo RamÃrez said Echaverry, 29, was “in critical condition” at the aforementioned hospital, where he was transferred shortly after “being shot down in an argument” in the northwest of that city on Monday night.
According to local media, this county’s Police received a notification Monday of an armed robbery suspect who managed to escape in neighboring Broward County, north of Miami. The vehicle in which the suspect Jeremy Horton was traveling was found that night and was surrounded by Miami-Dade Police patrol cars, but the driver crashed his car into the police and managed to escape. The chase then ended when Horton’s vehicle collided with a car and then a utility pole, injuring three people, including Horton’s vehicle. Horton got out of the vehicle and fled, sparking a shootout. Ecaverry, 29, suffered a head injury.. Shortly after, the suspect was shot dead by the police.
According to sources quoted by Local 10, Horton and Robles robbed an employee at a Dania Beach convenience store Monday afternoon, starting a chain of events that resulted in their death and the police officer seriously injured.
Players of the Miami Marlins, a US-based Miami-based professional baseball team, dedicated a shirt to the Spanish police officer on Wednesday. “Miami Dade Police Department Detective Cesar Echaverry suffered a serious gunshot wound during a robbery investigation. Please join us in supporting his recovery as he continues to fight for his life,” the team tweeted today. The tweet shows a white jersey with the team’s badge and the number 9 on the back.
Meanwhile, the Florida Police Department’s investigation into the incident has begun, and investigators are working to determine who fired which bullets, including the bullet the MDPD officer received, Local 10 News confirmed. In a brief appearance with the press around midnight on Monday, the county mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the local police chief asked the community’s solidarity with the agent and his family.
Source: Informacion