Miami Beach Police Wound Suspect

MIAMI BEACH, FL — A Miami Beach police officer wounded a suspect on Sunday night in the 600 block of Alton Road. The suspect was taken to Ryder Trauma Center of Jackson Memorial Hospital in undisclosed condition. Police did not immediately identify the suspect or the police officer involved in the shooting.

Ernesto Rodriguez of the Miami Beach Police Department said that the police shooting stemmed from an earlier shooting incident in which two people were shot at 10:35 p.m. in the 200 block of Ocean Drive. (Sign up for our free Daily Newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Miami Beach Patch.)

"Miami Beach Police officers followed a suspect vehicle into the 600 block of Alton Road where a police involved shooting took place," Rodriguez explained.

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The earlier shooting victims were also taken to Ryder by Miami Beach Fire Rescue.

"All suspects believed to be involved were captured by Miami Beach Police at the scene," according to Rodriguez.

Police closed the eastbound lanes of MacArthur Causeway for a time and urged motorists to use I-195 or the Venetian Bridge as an alternative.

Prior to the shooting incidents, Miami Beach police said that arrests were down on Memorial Day weekend over previous years.

But Sunday's shooting was the second in two days as the city hosts Urban Beach Week. A Georgia man was arrested on Saturday night after he fired multiple shots into an empty taxi.

Twenty-five-year-old Dontavious Johnson of Athens was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other offenses. The incident occurred at 5:39 p.m. at 6 Street and Collins Avenue.

"The defendant, while standing on a street corner located at 6 Street and Collins Avenue, armed with a semi-automatic handgun, shot numerous times at an occupied taxi," according to court documents. "Video surveillance showed that a black male passenger, possibly injured, exited the tax and fled on foot and was not located."

Rodriguez said that police were still searching for for the victim early Monday morning.