Posted on 09/13/2007 9:05:29 AM PDT by tdewey10
Two Miami-Dade police officers have been injured in a so-called Tactical Operation gone bad in Cutler Bay.
This is currently a developing story that began at SW 281st Street and 143rd Court in Cutler Bay where the two officers were possibly shot, reportedly with an assault rifle.
Other officers may have also been hurt but only with minor injuries.
At least one officer has been transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
After the shooting, one suspect barricaded himself inside a building at 280th Street and Southwest 143RD Court.
The other suspect took off in a White Honda Accord and began driving on the Turnpike and led police on a short chase before he bailed out at 222nd Street and SW 110th Avenue.
That suspect, described as a chubby white man with long black hair remains on the loose.
Broward County police agencies have been alerted to the shooting of the Miami-Dade Officers.
This is a developing story so keep checking back here on CBS4.COM for updates
wonder where this scumbag is
The publicize his last known address?
sorry, not street number. But they did mention the city and it wasn’t ft laud.
Thanks for the information (post #688). I hadn’t watched or listened to any news all day. This thread is the first time I have heard of this story.
yeah, those were the main points I picked out. I don’t think they will have anything new until friday.
“100 to 400 people still out of homes”
unbelievable!
http://www.local10.com/news/14106035/detail.html
Man Who Killed, Shot Miami-Dade Officers Still At Large
Deceased, Injured Officers’ Names Released
POSTED: 11:15 am EDT September 13, 2007
UPDATED: 9:56 pm EDT September 13, 2007
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Authorities continue to sweep South Florida, stopping cars, questioning relatives and interviewing anyone who may know the whereabouts of a 25-year-old man who police said shot four Miami-Dade police officers Thursday morning, killing one.
Shawn Sherwin Labeet is wanted after a shooting at an apartment complex at Southwest 143rd Court and Southwest 280th Street that left one officer dead and three others injured.
Miami-Dade Police Department Media Relations Bureau Commander Linda O’Brien gave reporters a play-by-play of the incident that began the manhunt Thursday morning.
“Shortly after 11:21 a.m. Thursday, Miami-Dade police officers from the Cutler Ridge district were in a development conducting a burglary surveillance detail. They saw a vehicle driving erratically. They stopped the vehicle and attempted to question the driver. The subject got out of the vehicle and started to shoot at officers.”
Officers’ Names Released
Miami-Dade police released the names of the officers involved in Thursday’s shootings. All of the officers worked out of the Cutler Ridge District unit.
The deceased officer was identified as Jose Somohano, 37, who was hired in 2003.
Jody Wright, 31, was shot in the leg and remains at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She was hired in 2005.
Christopher Carlin, 34, was hired in 1994, and Tomas Tundidor, 37, was hired in 1989. Both officers were treated at local hospitals and released.
Mistaken Identity
First reports were that the person responsible for the shootings was a man named Kevin Wehner. Wehner went to Jacksonville police after seeing reports.
“Wehner is not involved in this case. It appears to us that Labeet may have obtained identification, maybe a driver’s license, in Wehner’s name. We are trying to clarify that now,” said O’Brien.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said that it was Labeet’s girlfriend who was apprehended at the scene that gave police wrong information.
“She told us his name was Kevin Wehner,” said Alvarez, who stated that the first hours of any investigation are crucial and that the woman’s statement hampered the investigation. She faces charges.
Information from the Jacksonville’s Sheriff’s Office said that in October 2006, Wehner reported receiving three automobile registrations from the Miami-Dade County automobile tag agency for two vehicles he did not own. Jacksonville police investigated the incident and discovered that an unknown person was identifying himself as Kevin Foston Wehner, using the victim’s date of birth and Social Security number.
Wehner said he had moved from New York to Jacksonville and had a background check done in New York because of credit issues.
Car Stopped In Fort Lauderdale
Police focused on a 2007 four-door Pontiac Vibe with the Florida license tag number W59 EBT for most of the afternoon Thursday. The Vibe was located around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when a driver called 911 to say that they had spotted the car and the license plate.
Fort Lauderdale police then pulled the car over in a Target shopping center parking lot at Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway. Local 10 said police interviewed the man who was driving the car — a relative of Labeet. The Vibe was a rental car that had been leased to Labeet’s brother, Shane Labeet.
Police confiscated the car, taking it from the parking lot of the Coral Ridge Mall on a flatbed truck.
Searching For The Killer
A helicopter hovered over a wooded area at Southwest 216th Street and 129th Avenue, where a pool worker said a man was hiding shortly after the shootings. In the afternoon, attention focused on a Publix supermarket warehouse in Deerfield Beach, about 40 miles from the original location of the shooting, where Local 10 reported Labeet’s mother had worked. Police were also canvassing a residential area in Margate at an address listed to Labeet.
The vehicle police stopped Labeet in before he fled the scene, a white Honda Accord with a black hood, was found abandoned near a canal near Southwest 216th Street and 129th Avenue. The car appeared to have a shattered front window from bullet holes. O’Brien said they also found a weapon, but that Labeet may have another weapon.
“This man is armed and dangerous,” O’Brien said.
The apartment complex where the shootings took place were evacuated Thursday night. Residents were allowed back in their homes in the early evening.
“Witnesses described the firepower as a machine gun, and the individual was able to fire a large number of rounds before officers could respond,” said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker.
The area where the altercation took place is east of US 1 and west of the Florida Turnpike, near Leisure City.
Going to be a long night in South Florida.
local news on now
3 stories in and no mention
mass media hasn’t put all this together yet
that will change
short of this guy being an illegal, the Brady Bunch is liable to run it in for a TD
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Local here only gave a snip,,,
The interesting thing I saw back up-thread was that nobody
was allowed to go home,,,
Maybe the LEOs wanted it dark before entry with NV and the Dawgs,,,(My MP-5 went off in the dark,,,ooop’s)O’Well,,,
And not a peep on FOX-NEWS on the half hr. ...
thanks for this info from that link:
The deceased officer was identified as Jose Somohano, 37, who was hired in 2003.
Jody Wright, 31, was shot in the leg and remains at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She was hired in 2005.
Christopher Carlin, 34, was hired in 1994, and Tomas Tundidor, 37, was hired in 1989. Both officers were treated at local hospitals and released.
Man, I really wish we knew the involvement of those in the Vibe. It seems there have been a lot of diversionary tactics today, allowing for several wild goose chases. I’m beginning to think this guy is outside of their dragnet.
Could be wrong but this sounds like the work of a well organized gang to me.
This is crazyness...Total BS...Look at the time...Been dark there for awhile now to have searched that area with
Nite-Vision and K-9s to make entry...
I worked with a Cuban who had blond hair, blue eyes, and a southern accent. Still all an Arab has to do is slap on a quart of cheap cologne and he’ll fit right in.
Back when I had facial hair and a regular tan, I was mistaken for an Arab by other Arabs when I was in France.
if that guy gets his hands on a hostage, he’ll eat him, bite by bite, while negotiating with LE
witnesses, according to cops, corroborate automatic fire...
well let’s hope he picks a card carrying member of the NRA
Quite possible. I wish there were some sort of idea as to the end game. Was he out to kill cops by driving crazy in order to get stopped by police? Then why the 3 AK’s? You can only shoot one at a time, and any initial stop would only yield a number of police that wouldn’t require 3 AK’s. If his girlfriend and those in the Vibe were in on it, then this was a big plan, but then why blow it by being so dumb as to get pulled over for something that could have been easily avoided. Nothing makes sense, and my head hurts. So I’m going to watch Dirty Jobs on Discovery.
I’m guessing that the fugitive won’t be making it to arraignment. And I’m perfectly okay with that.
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