Two Miami police officers were shot Thursday morning while responding to reports of gunfire in Allapattah, prompting a massive law enforcement presence and an hours-long standoff that ended with the armed suspect dead, authorities said.
Police didn’t confirm if the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Mason Triana, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or during the gunfire exchanged with officers.
According to Miami Police Chief Manny Morales, the incident began shortly before 7 a.m., when officers were dispatched to the intersection of NW 15th Ave. and 26th St. in reference to a vehicle that appeared abandoned. There was no one around the car, so they called for a tow truck, Morales said…