Newly released bodycam and surveillance videos show a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy fighting an armed shoplifting suspect last fall and then fatally shooting the suspect as he runs away with a gun, authorities said.
The incident took place at a Walmart in southwest Miami-Dade on the morning of Nov. 6, WFOR-TV reported.
‘We are grateful at this time. The circumstances could have gotten so much worse.’
Deputies were notified that a male allegedly was shoplifting inside the store, the station said, adding that surveillance video shows the suspect walking through the aisles before exiting the building, the station said, citing the sheriff’s office.
Authorities said a deputy tried to stop the male as he left the store, WFOR said, citing the sheriff’s office.
The male in question later was identified
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