Memorial Weekend In Miami Turns Deadly With a Police Shooting

A shooting spree left one person dead and seven more injured during Urban Beach Week in Miami Beach. Police officers open fired into a car, after the driver allegedly struck an officer with the vehicle and tried to run over several others, during a wild, three block chase down Collins Avenue as Urban Beach Week concluded. An investigation has begun into the police officers actions, because a gun was not found in the car, or on the victim. South Beach Police chief Carlos Noriega said during a press conference yesterday that there may have been other passengers who fired at police, then exited the car. Noriega also acknowledged that police may have been responsible for shooting and wounding the four innocent people on the street during the incident. In total, seven people, including three Miami Beach police officers, were sent to the hospital and treated for minor wounds. According to the Miami Herald, there were so many police officers from various agencies on South Beach during the Urban Beach Weekend event that investigators are still trying to determine what department and which officers fired their weapons. In the video below a black car can be seen speeding down the street then after several gun shots the vehicle comes to an abrupt stop. Police officers surrounds the vehicle for a brief moment before unleashing a hail of bullets into the vehicle.

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