Armed robbery of a jewelry store in Miami - live chase in a UPS truck

[malaise]

Robber ditched the UHaul and hijacked a UPS truck and has a gun to the driver's head.

One person was shot in the head during the robbery

Live chase here - they are now in


https://www.local10.com/news/2019/11/11/watch-local-10-news-live/

[malaise]

1. Now in Century Village in Pembroke Pines

This will not end well - more shots fired

[dewsgirl]

2. Here is a live stream

[HipChick]

3. Man down...

[malaise]

19. Multiple fatalities on the scene

for the UPS worker(s)

[malaise]

4. Police opened fired

Hope The UPS folks are OK

[Renew Deal]

5. That didn't look good

[malaise]

6. I think the UPS driver was also hit

Madness - but the robber barely missed a few vehicles

[Renew Deal]

8. He came out the passenger door shooting

And I think the cops were shooting from both sides.

[dewsgirl]

7. Holy hell I think he's dead.😳

Oh no I didn't realize the UPS driver was also there, oh no.

[malaise]

9. The robber is clearly dead

but don't sure about the hijacked UPS worker

[dewsgirl]

10. Yikes.

[malaise]

11. Ambulance with the UPS driver has not moved

so that is really bad news - moving now

[dewsgirl]

12. 😔

[malaise]

13. Robbery was in Coral Gables

Sure drove through a few counties. Poor man went to work to deliver packages. Too sad.

[dewsgirl]

14. I know, his poor family.😔

[malaise]

17. Damn

[superpatriotman]

15. Three shot

Two suspects and the hostage

[malaise]

16. Plus one after the robbery

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18. A female employee of the jewelry store was shot

She's in stable condition

[NBachers]

20. It's ended in a hail of bullets up in Miramar. I had a detail shop 3 blocks away from the store.

It started right at Coral Way and LeJeune Road.

At this point, it looks like the UPS driver's been hit, and may be dead.

[malaise]

21. Too sad

Was the lead story on ABC

[FM123]

22. Finally stopped shaking enough to post.

We are all okay. Was watching news and talking to my 91 year old dad on the phone telling him to stay inside and not walk around his complex when I saw the ups truck crash through the gates of his retirement complex Century Village. When the van left and head back toward Miramar parkway I was frantically on the phone with my hubby who had just left work, to get off the road they were heading that way. When I saw the shoot out on the news, my heart just dropped as I kept looking for familiar cars praying that everyone I know is safe. I am afraid to turn on the news again. OK I just now heard from my kid who takes the bus home from work in Miami that he is almost back in broward so I can breathe again.

[malaise]

23. Holy Shit yes

saw that Century Village part of this madness - feel it for the UPS worker's folks.
Glad you and yours are OK.

[FM123]

24. Yes, just read the news that the UPS worker didn't make it, I am so sad for his family.

Another bystander that was there also perished. While I am relieved we were all okay I am just heartbroken for those who were not.

[superpatriotman]

25. From the cop union:

‘“It’s unfortunate that the bystanders were killed, but the bad guys put all this in motion,” said Steadman Stahl, the president of the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two innocent bystanders”

[malaise]

26. There is no doubt that the robbers created the mess

but it seems to me that something is very wrong when cops can open fire like that on busy thoroughfares.
If their aim was to rescue the UPS worker they failed big time.

[LisaL]

27. UPS worker was likely doomed either way.

Robbers likely wouldn't have let him live if they managed to escape. I believe the cops only opened fire after they were shot at by the robbers. Because it was an armed robbery with an employee being shot and then hostage taken, the protocol presumably does allow for a chase. Not sure what else police could do if robbers then open fire. Not fire back and be killed themselves?

[malaise]

28. We don't know that

He and the other man were murdered by cops and there is video to prove it. The situation was badly mishandled. As the UPS guy's step father asked, where was SWAT, where were the hostage experts and why did cops open fire in such a crowned and volatile situation?

To hear one of the Miami cops speak about doing this because the UPS guy was held hostage is to ignore the fact that the cops killed him in his effin' UPS uniform as he tried to escape their gun shots.

Did the robbers start this tragedy - sure but really bad police work caused two unnecessary deaths