Overview
- Robbery Intervention Team deputies tried to stop a black sedan near Northwest 17th Avenue and 71st Street around 8 p.m. Tuesday, but the driver fled.
- An aviation unit tracked the vehicle and reported it struck a civilian car near Northwest 17th Avenue and 87th Street before stopping in the roadway.
- As deputies approached, an armed man exited the vehicle and a deputy fired, hitting him in the lower extremities.
- Deputies rendered aid and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
- Two firearms were recovered at the scene; no deputies or the female driver of the other car were injured, and the man’s identity remains withheld as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates.