A City of Miami police officer opened fire on a driver during a music festival near Bayfront Park on Sunday afternoon, leaving a man hospitalized and prompting an ongoing investigation, authorities said.
Miami Police Assistant Chief Armando Aguilar said the incident happened around Northeast 2nd Street and Biscayne Boulevard, where an officer assigned to the festival was directing traffic. According to Aguilar, a vehicle made physical contact with the officer, and “as a result of that incident, shots were fired.”
Officer, driver hospitalized after shooting near Downtown Miami concert
Roughly 50 Miami Police officers and several partner agency personnel were assigned to the Best of the Best Music Fest, a Caribbean music festival that drew an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 attendees to Downtown Miami, according to authorities.
Aguilar said officers immediately rendered aid to the person shot inside the vehicle and rushed him to Ryder Trauma Center. The officer, who sustained minor injuries, was also treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital…