A Miami-Dade sheriff's deputy was fatally shot during an altercation Friday afternoon near Kendall, according to the sheriff's office .

Deputy Devin Jaramillo, 27, responded to a traffic crash around 4 p.m. when he was "brutally attacked and murdered," Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said.

Sources told CBS News Miami that the deputy was responding to a traffic incident when a struggle began with at least one person and the deputy was shot. Sources said the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A second person was being questioned in connection with the incident, sources said.

Authorities have not provided details on the exact circumstances that led up to the fatal shooting.

The name of the suspect has not been released. The sheriff's office has not confirmed if the

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