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At Least Four Police Officers Down in S.W. Dade County

- 12:20CDT - 13 Sep 2007

Four Police Injured in Dade County Incident

S.W. DADE COUNTY, FL: Authorities are telling EmergencyNet News that four (4) officers have been injured in the shooting incident near 129th and Southwest 203rd Street.

A manhunt continues for the suspect at the time of this report. Several nearby schools have reportedly been locked down as the search goes on for the assailant.

Mutual aid police units from nearby jurisdictions have been dispatched to assist Miami/Dade police in looking for the cop-shooter. The assailant is to be considered "armed and dangerous," authorities said.

One police officer is described as being "badly injured" and is now thought to be undergoing surgery at a local hospital.

Watch EmergencyNet News for more on this story...as circumstances warrant...

EmergencyNet BREAKING NEWS - 14 Sep 2007, 11:45 CDT

At Least Two Police Officers Down in S.W. Dade County

DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA: According to very preliminary emergency service reports, at least two (maybe more) police officers have been shot in a "tactical incident" involving a fleeing suspect. According to so far unconfirmed reports, a suspect armed with an "AK-47" assault rifle, has engaged in a firefight with police and is now on the run.

The wounded officers have reportedly been transported to area hospitals, and a major police response has been instituted as a major search for the shooting suspect goes on. The suspect is being described by authorities as a suspect named Kevin Wehner, 30, a black male, said Miami-Dade police spokesman Linda O'Brien. The shooter fled the scene in a white Honda Accord, license tag W10 4TFD, police said.

Police have set up a security perimeter (cordon) around the neighborhood at Southwest 127th Avenue between 200th and about 208th streets. Few other official details are currently available as the incident is dynamic and on-going at the time of this report. Watch EmergencyNet News for more on this story as circumstances warrant...