NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A police pursuit in Northwest Miami-Dade took a turn after a “person of interest” in a Kentucky murder attempted to flee authorities, leading to multiple car crashes.
According to officials, the Miami-Dade Police Department received information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that a man, who is wanted in connection to a murder, was in the Miami area.
That was when they located a red Camaro with a Kentucky license plate.
“They attempted to conduct a felony stop and once the vehicle came to a stop, the officers tried to approach the vehicle. That’s when the subject decided to flee from the scene,” said Miami-Dade Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta.
The incident unfolded Monday when the man, initially being contained by law enforcement, managed to escape. The man crashed into a black car on Northwest 103rd Street and 27th Avenue, but managed to flee the scene.
The man continued fleeing until he lost control and pinned his vehicle on its side. The collision caused further damaged to five nearby cars on Northwest 119th Street and Northwest 27th Avenue, where he was ultimately detained.
“The vehicle that’s here, that he was driving, was the vehicle that belonged to the victim,” said Zabaleta.
The pinned vehicle trapped the driver inside his car, resulting in Miami-Dade Police apprehending the man, took him into custody and transported him to Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition.
“This comes to show that once again, regardless of where you’re at or what state you’re at across the country,” said Zabaleta. “Law enforcement always works together and has the ability to work together in order to be able to apprehend someone that can do such a worst crime possible, which is murder.”
Victims of the crashed cars stayed behind to survey the damage.
“It was scary,” said Pearl Thomas, one of the drivers who was hit from behind in her car.
Thomas said her 11-year-old grandson, who was in the car when it was hit, was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
The Louisville Metro Police Department said the murder case happened on Sunday just before noon. The red vehicle involved in the crash is believed to belong to the murder victim. Authorities have not identified the murder victim yet.
Although Kentucky officials are interested in speaking to the individual arrested in this incident, they say it is still too early in their investigation to label him as a suspect.
The identities of both the suspect and the victim have not been released.
The suspect will remain in jail until he is extradited back to Kentucky.
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