A shooter who opened fire on and wounded two Miami cops who had rushed to a vehicle “riddled with bullets” then barricaded himself inside a home early Monday, authorities said.
The standoff between authorities and the suspect was ongoing as of Monday morning with another person who is connected to the scene taken into custody, Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said.
Police initially responded to a vehicle left alone in the middle of the street and cleared the area to tow it around 7 a.m.
The officers were shot after a suspect barricaded himself inside a home and opened fire early Monday, authorities said. Getty Images
Minutes later, police were pinged with reports of gunshots in the same area and found a car that was “riddled with bullets,” he said.
The scene quickly turned to chaos w