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Metro
3 days ago
- Metro
Moment cop shoots driver through windscreen while clinging to car hood in Miami
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A police officer held on to the hood of a car and fired several shots through the windshield at the driver in a chaotic scene in Miami. Cell phone footage captured the moment that the officer, wearing a neon reflective vest and directing traffic, clung to a black BMW as it turned on Biscayne Boulevard near a downtown park. After three rounds sounded off, the car stopped in the middle of the intersection and the driver ran out, the clip obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday shows. The officer also got on his feet and made his way around the passenger's side of the vehicle to pursue the driver. The driver quickly got on the ground and rolled over onto his stomach as another officer got on top of him and handcuffed him. Blood stains showed on the driver's white shirt. He sustained several gunshot wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital. The dramatic incident unfolded as the Best of the Best International Music Festival, which dubs itself the largest Caribbean festival in North America, was taking place at Bayfront Park on Sunday. Sherlyann Clarke, the driver's sister, said that her 21-year-old brother, Menelek Clarke, was simply looking for a place to park. 'The patrol officer, we were all stopped, we were in the middle lane,' she told the TV station. 'He told everyone else to go with his hand — hand signaling that we can go. And then he stood in front of my brother's car and shot him.' Sherlyann insisted that 'it wasn't intentional to hit' the officer and that 'the man moved with the car as he was going around him'. The Miami Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro. Assistant Police Chief Armando Aguilar told Local 10 News that they are not sure what happened exactly. 'We do know there was physical contact between the officer and the vehicle,' said Aguilar. More Trending The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident. Menelek 'felt like he was gonna die', his sister said. 'I feel like he was wrongfully shot multiple times in his vehicle with no weapon,' she said. It happened more than a year after a conspiracy theory emerged of a 10-foot silver alien sighting near the Bayside Marketplace shopping mall, which is adjacent to Bayfront Park. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Convicting man accused of setting fire to Quran could 'reintroduce blasphemy' MORE: Seven people still in hospital after car ploughed into Liverpool fans MORE: Adidas is latest cyberattack victim with shoppers' data stolen
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Shocking video shows cop on the hood of a moving car before shooting suspect
The dramatic moment a Miami police officer opened fire and hit the driver multiple times while on the hood of a moving car was captured on video by a bystander. The shocking incident happened at Bayfront Park on Sunday, with the officer firing into the windshield before the driver of a black BMW stopped the car, got out and surrendered, according to Local 10 News. In another video, the officer instructed Menelek Clarke, 21, to roll over. The man had noticeable blood stains on his back and was later handcuffed by police. Pedestrians began to panic as the scene unfolded near the Best of the Best music festival. People were seen running for cover to avoid getting caught in the violence. Speaking to the outlet, the driver's sister, Sherlyann Clarke, told the outlet that her brother, 'said that he felt like he was gonna die.' He sustained several gunshot wounds before he was apprehended and transported to a nearby hospital. 'I feel like he was wrongfully shot multiple times in his vehicle with no weapon,' the woman said. The officer was suddenly hit by the BMW, police said, while directing traffic along Biscayne Boulevard on Sunday. Clarke's car also had several bullet holes in the front windshield. The footage obtained by the outlet shows the officer firing into the car while on the vehicle's hood. The footage does not show what happened in the moments leading up to the incident. 'The patrol officer, we were all stopped, we were in the middle lane,' said the man's sister, claiming they were looking for parking at the time. 'He told everyone else to go with his hand -- hand signaling that we can go. And then he stood in front of my brother's car and shot him.' In a statement after the incident, Miami Police Department Assistant Police Chief Armando Aguilar said: 'We don't know exactly what happened. We do know there was physical contact between the officer and the vehicle,' he said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.
New York Post
4 days ago
- New York Post
Miami police officer seen clinging to hood of car before shooting driver
A Miami police officer was captured firing multiple rounds through the windshield of a car as he clung to its hood for dear life after the driver allegedly hit him and accelerated forward. The officer, wearing a reflective yellow vest, is seen holding on to the hood of a black BMW as he presses his service pistol against the windshield and is heard firing at least three shots into the car, wild cellphone footage obtained by Local 10 News shows. Panic from bystanders on the busy downtown Miami street can be heard as the vehicle tries to turn left but rolls to a stop — allowing the cop to jump off to safety and the driver's side door to swing open. Advertisement 4 Wild cellphone footage shows a Miami police officer firing multiple rounds through the windshield of a car as he clung to its hood for dear life after the driver allegedly hit him and accelerated forward. Local 10 The driver then bolts from the BMW in a blood-stained white shirt but stops a few feet away before he's ordered by the officer who shot him to get on the ground in the middle of the street. He complies and first lies down on his back before being told to roll over by another officer who rushes into the frame and puts him in handcuffs as the video ends. Advertisement The police shooting happened in front of Bayfront Park — less than a mile from Kaseya Arena — on Sunday as people gathered at the Best of the Best Caribbean music festival, prompting dozens of the estimated 10,000 to 12,000 concertgoers to flee for cover. Miami Police Assistant Chief Armando Aguilar told Local 10 News that the driver, identified as 21-year-old Menelek Clarke, was shot several times during the incident and was rushed over to Ryder Trauma Center for treatment. The officer involved was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries before being released. 4 The BMW tries to turn left but rolls to a stop — allowing the cop to jump off to safety and the driver's side door to swing open. Local 10 Advertisement 'We don't know exactly what happened. We do know there was physical contact between the officer and the vehicle,' Aguilar said. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting and reviewing the officer's body camera footage and surveillance video from the area, according to the outlet. The driver's sister, Sherylann Clarke, was in the car during the incident and described what happened moments before the shots rang out on the busy downtown Miami street. 4 The suspect, 21-year-old Menelek Clarke, bolts from the BMW in a blood-stained white shirt but stops a few feet away before he's ordered by the officer who shot him to get on the ground in the middle of the street. Local 10 Advertisement 4 The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting. Local 10 'The patrol officer, we were all stopped, we were in the middle lane,' Sherlyann Clarke told Local 10 News. 'He told everyone else to go with his hand — hand signaling that we can go. And then he stood in front of my brother's car and shot him.' Sherlyann said that her brother was looking for an area to park his car and wasn't trying to hit the officer. 'It wasn't intentional to hit him – no. The man moved with the car as he was going around him,' she claimed. 'I feel like he was wrongfully shot multiple times in his vehicle with no weapon.' The Post has reached out to the Miami Police Department for comment.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Driver didn't mean to hit officer outside Miami music festival, sister says
Details about an officer-involved shooting remained scant Monday, but the 21-year-old man who was shot by a Miami police officer outside of Bayfront Park on Sunday is expected to survive, according to his lawyer. Hollywood attorney Michael Orenstein said his client, Menelek Emmanuel Clarke, was recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, though he had not had the chance to speak directly with Clarke about the incident as of Monday evening. 'I don't know much about details at all yet,' he said. The Miami Police Department said Sunday that a 21-year-old driver hit an officer who was directing traffic outside of Bayfront Park, where the Caribbean music festival Best of the Best was taking place. The officer then shot the driver, and the 21-year-old was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. READ MORE: Police officer shot driver outside music festival in Miami's Bayfront Park: officials A Miami Police Department spokesperson said Monday that 'no further details will be provided as this remains an ongoing investigation' by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. It is unclear if the driver will face any charges. Orenstein is representing Clarke in an unrelated case in Broward County, where Clarke was charged with aggravated assault on an officer, resisting an officer with violence and armed trespassing. The charges stem from an incident in October 2023 in which Broward deputies said Clarke, then 19, brandished a gun after being told by a deputy to leave a Lauderhill park. Clarke has pleaded not guilty. Clarke's sister Sherylann Clarke told Miami Herald news partner CBS Miami that she was in the car with her brother on Sunday and that her brother was trying to drive around the Miami police officer, not toward him. She said the officer had signaled with his hands that drivers in the area should pull forward but that the officer had then moved in front of their car. 'It wasn't intentional to hit him, no,' she told CBS Miami. The incident caused festivalgoers to run for safety before it became clear what happened. Photographer Kemal Limon told the Herald he was leaving Bayside Marketplace that night when he saw a large crowd of people running away from Bayfront Park. 'I was walking by and saw people running,' he said. 'It was like chaos.' Limon noticed people stopped running once more police cars arrived, as there didn't seem to be an active threat. As a downtown Miami resident, Limon said he is prepared to see anything. 'This is Miami,' he said. 'Anything can happen. I wasn't surprised.' An employee at the nearby Yve Hotel told the Herald that many of its guests were staying there to attend the festival across the street. While he didn't hear the shooting, he saw the high amount of police activity that followed. It wasn't until Monday that he learned from the news what had happened. City editor Jessica Lipscomb contributed reporting.
