SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was killed in what authorities described as a deputy-involved shooting in a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood.
7News cameras captured an active scene in the area of Southwest 132nd Avenue and 132nd Terrace in Kendall on Sunday night.
A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Mobile Command Center was parked in front of a home as deputies cordoned off part of the street with crime scene tape.
According to MDSO, deputies responded to a 911 call about domestic violence involving a husband and wife.
Audio of part of the argument was caught on surveillance.
“I don’t give a [expletive] about anything else in this world,” a man can be heard saying.
Speaking with reporters, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said it was the wife who contacted authorities on an open line because she could not talk to dispatchers.
“She called 911 and unfortunately was caught up in this physical altercation, so she couldn’t talk on the 911 [call], but our call taker was able to hear what was going on,” said Cordero-Stutz. “Based on what was heard, the deputies were dispatched. She did tell the dispatcher that there were weapons, that he was armed, so our deputies arrived on the scene knowing that there were weapons involved.”
Surveillance video captured the moments leading up to the deadly confrontation.
Deputies said they spotted the man outside of the home when they attempted to approach him. They asked him to get out of the car before the subject brandished his firearm, forcing the responding deputy to fire, striking the subject.
“Unfortunately, this is another instance of a 911 call that started with domestic violence. We have seen one too many lately come across, whether it’s in the news or here locally in our community,” said Sheriff Cordero-Stutz. “I would really like to say that if you are an individual who is in crisis with a domestic violence situation, call 911. Please let us come to help you. That is our job, and we will do it gladly. And if it is not a moment of crisis, there are resources that are available to you. You can just go on our website to get some of those.”
Two teens who lived in the neighborhood told 7News they heard gunfire.
“I was shocked because I was watching a movie with my parents, and we just heard shots,” said one of the teens. “We just heard a lot of gunshots.”
“Like, seven shots, and then [the deputy] said, ‘Drop the gun,’ and the guy dropped the gun, and the cops kicked the gun away,” said the other teen, “and then, after a couple of minutes, I called my dad, and then [deputies] dragged the body away from the car, behind the white car over there.”
Other neighbors recounted the tense moments.
“I hear some voices, maybe a lady and a man discussing something about it, and in a couple of seconds I heard some five or six rounds of shots,” said Ulas Issi, another neighbor. “After that, again, four rounds of shots.
Paramedics transported the man to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Neither the wife nor the deputy who fired their weapon was injured, investigators said.
Detectives have not provided further details about the shooting or identified the identity of the subject as they attempt to determine what led to the domestic dispute.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating, as is protocol with deputy-involved shootings.
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