Miami officer shot pursuing robbery suspect dies days later

MIAMI (AP) – A 29-year-old police officer who was shot within the head whereas making an attempt to cease a theft suspect in Miami has died, officers stated.

Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night time as he and different officers closed in a suspect needed for an earlier theft in close by Broward County, police stated. His household had remained by his facet at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.

“Officer Echaverry died within the line of responsibility whereas serving & defending our neighborhood,” Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez tweeted Wednesday night. “Our legislation enforcement household will proceed to face beside & help the Echaverry household via this tough time.”

Police stated Echavarry and different officers started pursuing a white car concerned in an earlier armed theft when its driver tried to flee, ramming into police automobiles and a civilian car whose three occupants have been hospitalized in secure situation.

He then tried to flee on foot, however a confrontation and gunfire ensued. The driving force, recognized as Jeremy Horton, 32, of Acworth, Georgia, was shot and died on the scene.

Horton had been stopped in South Florida on Aug. 8 and cited for having no proof of insurance coverage and driving with an expired tag and a suspended Georgia driver’s license, in keeping with Golden Seashore Police Chief Rudy Herbello.

Echaverry had been with Miami-Dade Police for 5 years, and was assigned to the division’s theft intervention element. His mates advised the Miami Herald he was transferring up and deliberate to get married.

Monday’s capturing wasn’t his first brush with demise, the newspaper reported. As a rookie in March 2018, Echaverry was a passenger in a police car that rammed into one other automobile, killing its 45-year-old driver.

The pc on the police car confirmed Officer John Track was driving at 78 mph in a 40 mph zone a second earlier than the crash. Each officers have been airlifted to a hospital. In Could a jury acquitted Track of vehicular murder and reckless driving. The Herald reported that Echaverry testified that he couldn’t keep in mind the moments main as much as the crash.

“We’ll always remember Officer Echaverry’s bravery & sacrifice. Godspeed, brother,” Ramirez tweeted.

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