The Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement (FDLE) is investigating a deputy-involved taking pictures involving the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Workplace (MDSO) after a dramatic pursuit of a Pembroke Pines man needed for a double murder.
Isaiah Collins, 27, was needed in reference to the taking pictures deaths of 41-year-old Octavis Myers and a girl whose identify has not but been launched. Police mentioned each victims had been discovered inside a house on Northwest 109th Avenue final week. Neither sufferer lived completely on the residence, which belongs to Collins’ grandmother.
On Sunday, an off-duty MDSO deputy noticed Collins at a park in Miami Gardens. When deputies tried to strategy him, Collins fled on foot, resulting in a chase that spilled onto the Florida Turnpike. Authorities mentioned Collins jumped right into a canal and climbed a tree, refusing to give up regardless of repeated pleas from deputies.
The incident occurred at roughly 11:15 a.m., at 1400 block NW 191 Avenue (west canal financial institution), Miami Gardens, FL.
Throughout the standoff, Collins gestured towards his waistband as if reaching for a weapon, prompting a deputy to discharge his service weapon. Collins was struck within the decrease left arm. The MDSO Particular Response Workforce then took him into custody, and deputies administered life-saving measures earlier than Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue airlifted him to HCA Aventura Hospital in secure situation.
No deputies or civilians had been injured. Investigators mentioned no weapon has but been recovered, and FDLE continues its assessment of the taking pictures, which is commonplace process in deputy-involved incidents. Collins now faces two counts of first-degree homicide, together with further costs stemming from his tried flight.
