MIAMI (WSVN) - Police arrested a man who was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute after he led officers in a pursuit in Miami-Dade County that ended in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
On Friday, police pursued a black BMW SUV in the area of Northwest 12th Avenue and Seventh Street.
According to City of Miami Police, the Miami-Dade Police Department requested the help of its officers in reference to a suspect fleeing the scene of a crime.
Live video footage showed the suspect getting put into the back of a Miami Police Department vehicle.
When the driver was in the area of Southwest Third Avenue, off U.S. 1, Key Biscayne Police Department said the suspect’s car sideswiped one of their units. The officer in that vehicle was expected to be OK.
Key Biscayne Police said the suspect was involved in a domestic dispute and authorities had been looking for the suspect over the past few days. Miami Police said there may have been a firearm involved.
Sources said the suspect was at a pita shop located at 180 Crandon Blvd., where he entered the store with a guitar case, which police later discovered held an AK-47 rifle, along with a police scanner.
After about an hour-long pursuit, the driver crashed at the on-ramp of Northwest 17th Avenue onto State Road 836; then fled on foot before he was captured and taken into custody, just before noon.
The man in custody also made statements against law enforcement officers.
As a result of this incident, the on-ramp onto SR 836 from Northwest 17th Avenue was temporarily shut down as police investigated.
Authorities have been contacted for more details on the incident.
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