Thread: FL: *Breaking News* Suspect in police shootings not citizen

Oh joy...Do any of the stories say whether or not he was here legally from Jamaica?

Currently I have not heard anything more than he is Jamacian. No information has come through the police department stating his true immigration status. Now if he has fake ID then it is due to either a) attempting to hide a criminal past or b) he is an illegal alien. As I have said previously, there are many illegals in those areas of South Miami Dade County.

Thank you, I have errands to run, would you please keep us updated?

The suspect is Shawn Sherwin LaBeet and there is a BOLO out for a black Vibe with the tag of W59 EPT. He is with a woman and 2 kids.
I hope he did not take them hostage. If she is helping him voluntarily thenshe is one dumb person.

Wehner's father called Fox News from NYC to say that his son's ID was stolen YESTERDAY in Jacksonville, and Wehner made a police report YESTERDAY in Jacksonville.. The police in Miami said they were 'deliberately misled' by 'someone' as to the real identity of the perp. Very strange...

The new perp, Shawn Lebeet, looks eerily like one of the Freeway Snipers who killed several people a few years ago...I think his name was Mohammed. At any rate, he was an illegal Muslim from Belize. I'll bet dollars to donuts that Lebeet is here illegally. Whatever the case, he was looking for a confrontation with police...why else would he have a bullet-proof vest and weapons. It's too bad the police lost 5 hours of valuable time looking for the wrong guy!

The jerk probably had the ID in the car and people don't always drive their own cars. In fact the car he was driving may have been reported stolen. In South Florida you would never believe how many old cars get stolen. The new ones are rarely taken and if theyt are it is usually a more sophisticate auto theft ring.

So sad! Will follow this one. If anyone confirms his identity/status, please post it. Thanks.

He has an open assault warrant in Broward County. The black 2007 Pontiac Vibe he is driving is a rental as per latest BOLO. There is a woman who claims to have info as we speak. Now with this name and picture I wonder if he is Haitian.
The black car was found but the suspect was not driving it. At this time even many staff members do not have the officers names. There will be a press conference called soon.

[Update: - I'm including a more recent CNN story in the same thread here as it is closely related and updates the info in the OP. Still no updated nor confirmation of the perps status - contrary to info that was given early on in the reporting of the story...]


Suspected Cop Killer Dies in Shootout

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Police shot and killed a man suspected of shooting four officers, one fatally, following a traffic stop hours earlier, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said early Friday.
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Police say Shawn Sherwin Labeet was killed in a shootout.

Shawn Sherwin Labeet, 25, died just before midnight after a shootout with police. The confrontation took place following an intense manhunt.

When police confronted Labeet at an apartment complex in Pembroke Pines, "there was an exchange of gunfire, and the suspect was shot and killed," Alvarez told reporters.

"In his possession he had a firearm and an extra clip."

Police said there had been a previous warrant out for his arrest for aggravated assault from a September 2002 incident.

"The community is a lot safer tonight now that he is not on the streets," said Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker. Video Watch officials announce Labeet's death »

It was "very good investigative work" that enabled officials to locate Labeet "on the same day of the occurrence," Parker added. "Unfortunately, he chose to confront our law enforcement officials a second time."

The initial shootings happened about 11 a.m. as the officers were on a burglary detail at a housing complex in Cutler Bay, Florida, Alvarez said. They saw a vehicle driving erratically, he said, stopped it and confronted the man police believe is Labeet.

The man got out of the car and opened fire with an assault rifle, Alvarez said. "Without any remorse, Labeet left the officers there to die and fled the scene."

The rifle used in the shooting was found at a nearby canal.

Alvarez said the officer who died was 37 years old and survived by a wife and two young children. He had been with the department since 2003.

A second officer, 31-year-old Jody Wright, remained hospitalized Thursday night.

Her father, Dennis Dalley, told reporters she had undergone surgery as doctors tried to save her leg. He said he remains hopeful they will do so, but that will require many more surgeries. Dalley said Wright has been an officer for about a year and a half.

The two other officers, ages 36 and 34, had been released from the hospital Thursday night, Alvarez told reporters.

"By the grace of God, we don't have four officers dead, because he certainly tried his best," he said. "There were multiple, and I mean multiple, rounds fired at the police officers.... That man didn't hesitate to shoot."

There was initial confusion regarding the identity of the suspect, Alvarez said, because Labeet's girlfriend, who was apprehended at the scene of the shootings, gave authorities the wrong name. "She purposely misled and delayed our investigation," he said.

Labeet had stolen the identity of another man, Kevin Wehner, 30, Alvarez said, and had been using Wehner's name and identification. That was the name initially given to police.

After Wehner's name and picture were released to the media, the real Wehner contacted the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff's Office near his home. Jacksonville authorities said Wehner had come to the sheriff's office and been interviewed, and police were confident he was not involved and was a victim of identity theft.

The girlfriend will likely face charges for providing false information, Alvarez said.

Local, state and federal agencies assisted in the search for Labeet, police Cmdr. Linda O'Brien said on Thursday, and a Black Hawk helicopter was utilized.

A $22,000 reward had been offered for information leading to Labeet's arrest, O'Brien said.

The suspect's mother, brother, a woman believed to be the brother's girlfriend and her two children were questioned at the Broward County Sheriff's Office, a law enforcement source said.

A car believed connected to Labeet was found at a Target store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a few hours after the shooting, police said. It was occupied by a man, woman and two children, who were interviewed, O'Brien said.
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The car, a 2007 black Pontiac Vibe, was rented to Labeet's brother, Shane Labeet, according to Kevin Meyer, a spokesman for the car rental company.

Parts of the complex where the shooting occurred were evacuated. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

CNN's Susan Candiotti and John Couwels contributed to this report.

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There was initial confusion regarding the identity of the suspect, Alvarez said, because Labeet's girlfriend, who was apprehended at the scene of the shootings, gave authorities the wrong name. "She purposely misled and delayed our investigation," he said.

Throw her in jail.

Labeet had stolen the identity of another man, Kevin Wehner, 30, Alvarez said, and had been using Wehner's name and identification. That was the name initially given to police.

This is yet another angle of the identity theft problem. What if some illegal steals your ID and commits a murder? Some SWAT team could storm your house, kick in the front door and shoot you if you happened to be standing in the kitchen cutting up a chicken because you were 'armed' with a butcher knife.

This gets crazier and crazier each week. Plus now that they have killed him, they conveniently probably won't tell us whether he was illegal or not.