Officer-Involved Shooting In Homestead Under Investigation

By Jessica Vallejo, CBS Miami

December 11, 2021

A police-involved shooting sent one person to the hospital after Homestead police said detectives believed a man was shoplifting at a Walgreens on Campbell and US1.

“They heard a commotion with some of the staff members. The subject fled from the store. The detectives went behind the subject and tried to stop them at the time they believed there was some type of theft or robbery going on. The subjects were able to flee in their vehicle and the ended up here.”

Captain Fernando Morales of Homestead Police Department said two detectives chased the man who fled in a green SUV with a woman and man inside. The chase ended at a nearby Ford dealership. That is when Morales said a confrontation happened.

CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.