Three Miami-Dade Officers Hospitalized, Squatter Killed in Shootout

Officers were responding to reports of a squatter when they were shot; protective vests likely saved at least one officer's life.

Three Miami-Dade police officers were hospitalized after a shootout with an alleged squatter at a residence in Miami. The officers were responding to reports of a squatter at the residence.
The alleged squatter opened fire on the officers with a shotgun as they approached the front door. The officers returned fire, killing the man.
Two of the officers were shot, one in the arm and the other in the arm and face. The third officer, a woman, was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation.
The officers were wearing protective vests that likely protected at least one of them. A fragment of buckshot fired from the shotgun struck a police body camera that would have been worn near the center of his body.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident.