A U.S. Customs and Border Safety firearms teacher was fatally shot at a Miami space gun vary Wednesday, officers stated.
Police had been known as to the gun vary west of Miami shortly earlier than 10:30 a.m. and located an officer shot. He was taken to a hospital, the place he died, Miami-Dade police stated.
Particulars about how the taking pictures occurred weren’t launched at a day information convention, and the officer was not instantly recognized.
CBP spokesman Michael Silva instructed reporters the officer was a partner, a father and a “simply all-around nice man.”
The officer was assigned to Miami Worldwide Airport and was a firearms teacher, Silva stated.
“Nice officer, an important household, and it’s a tragic loss,” Silva stated on the information convention, in keeping with stay video carried by WPLG-TV of Miami.
The officer was on obligation on the weapons vary when the taking pictures occurred, the company stated in a press release.
Miami-Dade police are investigating. A police spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for extra particulars Wednesday night time.
NBC Miami, citing police, reported that preliminary findings counsel the taking pictures was an accident.
Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III stated in a press release that the police division supplied its condolences to the border company.
