CUTLER BAY, Fla. — Four officers on Thursday were shot at an apartment complex in Miami-Dade, prompting a massive manhunt and the lockdown of several area schools, WSVN-TV reported.
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Four officers were conducting burglary surveillance detail when they noticed a white Honda Accord being driven erratically at the entrance to a local neighborhood. When police stopped the vehicle the driver shot the four officers and fled, authorities said.
Police said Kevin Wehner, 30, next abandoned his AK-47 and vehicle. Police were asking anyone with information to come forward.
Wehner was described by witnesses as a black heavy-set male with a full beard and short hair, wearing a blue shirt. Authorities said he left his Honda near a canal.
Hundreds of officers were combing the area for the suspect and at one point made a dump truck release its contents.
Police were urging residents to lock their doors and stay inside as K-9 units and SWAT team members hunted the suspect.
Authorities had locked down Pines Villa Elementary, Mays Middle, Whigham Elementary and Centennial Middle schools. Children had the day off, but teachers were required to work.
One of the four officers shot, a female, was airlifted from the scene and was undergoing surgery for her injuries, Miami-Dade Police Detective Bobby Williams said.
Two of the victims were plainclothes officers and the other two were in uniform, Williams said.
The officers' identities were being withheld until their families were notified of the shootings.
