MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have taken four carjacking suspects into custody along the Venetian Causeway.
Miami Beach Police established a perimeter Friday morning after, they said, four people stole a vehicle in Miami Gardens.
According to Miami Gardens Police, the juvenile victim of the carjacking was sitting in their SUV in front of a friend’s home, located in the area of Northwest 36th Avenue and 191st Street, at around 5 a.m. on Thursday when three crooks approached the vehicle.
He was beaten by the men before they took off with his 2013 Nissan Rouge.
Rescue crews transported the victim to a local hospital in serious condition.
UPDATE: Traffic along the Venetian Causeway has been reopened. https://t.co/vNJ1Go34ry
— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) June 28, 2019
An officer spotted the vehicle being driven on Friday morning on the causeway and attempted to conduct a traffic stop before the car crashed and the occupants ditched the vehicle.
Four men were taken into custody on the Venetian Causeway.
7SkyForce HD flew above the scene where a silver SUV could be seen surrounded by marked and unmarked police vehicles.
Traffic along the causeway was temporarily blocked off.
The roadway has since been reopened.
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