A Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent fatally shot a person during an altercation in the Hammocks Thursday morning, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office officials said.
Deputies responded to the shooting shortly after 9 a.m. in the area of Southwest 157th Avenue and Southwest 140th Street.
Investigators said the agent was inside his vehicle when a person who was standing in the street approached and started hitting the vehicle’s window.
The agent exited and there was a physical altercation, and at one point the other person threw the agent to the ground and got on top of him, officials said.
The agent then opened fire, shooting the person, the sheriff’s office said.
A Miami Police officer who was in the area and Miami-Dade deputies responded and gave the person lifesaving efforts but they were pronounced dead at the scene. The person’s identity wasn’t released.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to a medical call “with reports of an assault” and said one person was taken to the hospital. Their identity and condition weren’t released.
An NBC6 camera captured an injured man with blood on his arms arriving at Jackson South.
The incident prompted a large police presence in the neighborhood.
Chopper 6 captured video of authorities investigating under a large white tent and showed what is presumed to be the person’s body covered by a yellow tarp underneath the tent.
Aerial footage also showed Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies collecting what appears to be a gun in a box.
Police tape kept neighbors and drivers blocks away from the law enforcement activity.
Neighboring Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School was locked down due to police activity in the area right before 10 a.m., the school district confirmed.
The sheriff’s office’s Homicide Bureau is investigating at the request of FDLE, officials said.
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