MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - An armed robbery suspect was taken into custody in Miami Gardens after ramming their vehicle into two Broward Sheriff’s Office vehicles, officials said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at the scene near Northwest 208th Street and State Road 7, Thursday morning.
7Skyforce hovered over the scene, where a deputy was being treated by rescue crews.
According to BSO, officials originally began surveillance on the suspect’s dark-colored vehicle in Hollywood.
The suspect led deputies on a pursuit which ended with a crash at a strip mall in Miami Gardens.
The suspect pulled into a parking lot at 208th Street and rammed into two BSO vehicles.
After hitting the vehicles, the suspect continued to drive northbound in the parking lot and rammed into a silver van.
Following the collision, the suspect was arrested.
A witness described what he saw.
“There were two vehicles head on, one officer. He evidently sustained an injury, but they patched him up, and I asked him if he was OK,” said Wallace Percival.
Two deputies were transported to the hospital as a precaution with minor injuries.
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