MIAMI – A man was taken into custody after leading police on a chase and crashing his car into a Key Biscayne police vehicle Friday morning following a domestic dispute call, authorities confirmed.
Miami police said the domestic dispute, which possibly involved threats with a firearm, occurred in the area of Northwest 10th Avenue and Seventh Street around noon.
According to police, the man then drove to a Pita Pockets in Key Biscayne to confront his ex-girlfriend’s father, who is also the owner of the restaurant, and pulled out a guitar case with a rifle inside.
Police said the rifle never made it into the business and as the man fled the scene in his BMW, the trunk of his car was open, and the rifle fell out of the case as he drove away.
Authorities said that no one at the business was hurt in the incident.
“This is definitely an anomaly on Key Biscayne,” Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce Board of Director and former mayor Mike Davey said.
Police said the driver then took off and sideswiped a Key Biscayne police vehicle on U.S. 1. The officer was not injured.
“Their lives are on the line everyday. You know, they are out there serving and protecting, and so we should all remember that,” Davey said.
Police said officers chased after the vehicle.
Sky 10 was above the area of Northwest 12th Avenue and Seventh Street around 11:45 a.m. as the driver exited the parking lot of a Storage King facility, where he reportedly had weapons stored.
As the driver exited the parking lot, Sky 10 showed him narrowly missing a pedestrian and then rear-ending a bystander’s car before making a turn.
He continued driving for a short distance before crashing multiple times into the guardrails on the 17th Avenue onramp to the Dolphin Expressway. He then jumped out of his SUV and took off on foot, throwing something off the overpass.
Sky 10 was above the scene near the Dolphin Expressway and 17th Avenue just before noon as the driver was taken into custody.
No other details were immediately released by authorities.
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