MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Surveillance video shows when a police officer crashed during a chase on Monday afternoon in northwestern Miami-Dade County — and suffered a concussion.
Three armed carjacking suspects were in a stolen black Nissan Sentra, and the Miami-Dade police officer was in a marked cruiser when they collided at the intersection of Northwest 62 Street and 25 Avenue, in the area of the Gladeview and Brownsville neighborhoods, according to police.
The suspects were later identified as 19-year-old Walter Carter, 20-year-old Ryan Wright and 17-year-old Demorrieus Powell.
“Some guys came out and they told me to get on the floor, don’t even look at them because if I did, they would shoot me, they would kill me,” Carjacking victim Carson Allen told Local 10 News. “I’m thinking of my life flashing before my eyes, I might not make it.”
Powell was allegedly behind the wheel of the stolen Sentra. According to the arrest report, they had guns drawn at officers during the chase.
Fire Rescue personnel determined they needed hospitalization and took the most severely injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Police officers arrested the trio accused of an armed carjacking and a robbery early Monday morning in Miami, police said.
Sources later identified the injured officer as Khristopher Welch, who’s with the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Priority Response Team. He formerly served as a department spokesperson.
Welch has since been released from the hospital.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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