Police Chase Ends With 1 Dead, 1 Shot

December 6, 2011 10:00 PM


A Customs and Border Protection operation trying to serve a warrant ended after a police chase and a shooting on Tuesday. (Source: CBS4)


SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (CBSMiami.com)–Police officers and federal agents swarmed U.S. 1 after a chase ended in a crash and gunfire. In the end, One person died and the other is in the hospital.

Miami-Dade police said it started with a federal investigation, headed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. A senior law enforcement source told CBS4 News that federal immigration agents, ATF agents and Miami-Dade police had targeted members of a South Dade gang for more than six months.

The source told CBS4 News that the gang was selling drugs and automatic weapons. Authorities were serving a warrant on suspected gang members when the chase ensued.

Sources said the lead law enforcement vehicle belonged to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

PBA president John Rivera said he was told two men were under investigation and had violent histories.

“This was an extremely dangerous situation from the very beginning to the very end,â€