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