Overview

• On May 25 at the Best of the Best Caribbean music festival near Bayfront Park, a Miami officer clung to the hood of a BMW and fired multiple rounds through its windshield after the vehicle allegedly struck him
• The 21-year-old driver, Menelek Clarke, was unarmed when he was shot several times and is in stable condition at Ryder Trauma Center
• Miami Police report the officer sustained minor injuries during the collision and has since been released from hospital care
• Clarke’s sister maintains he was wrongfully shot without provocation, while police acknowledge physical contact between the car and the officer but say the precise circumstances remain unclear
• The incident prompted panic among an estimated 10,000–12,000 festivalgoers who fled for cover as shots rang out