A Miami Seashore police officer was hospitalized Saturday morning after being headbutted by a person performing erratically in site visitors, authorities mentioned.
The suspect, recognized as 46-year-old Saliya Siby, faces a cost of aggravated battery on a regulation enforcement officer.
In keeping with Miami Seashore Police, round 9 a.m. officers noticed Siby wearing camouflage clothes and strolling out and in of site visitors within the 500 block of forty first Road. When approached, police mentioned Siby threatened to gentle himself on hearth and demanded officers shoot him. He was reportedly holding a knife in a single hand and an unknown container within the different.
Further officers arrived and tried to make use of de-escalation strategies, however Siby continued to behave erratically, police mentioned. Much less-lethal weapons had been finally deployed, permitting officers to disarm him and take him into custody.
Throughout a search following his arrest, Siby allegedly headbutted an officer, inflicting a laceration that required stitches. The officer was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, the place he stays in steady situation.
Police mentioned no different accidents had been reported.
