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Two dead after parking spot dispute
Associated Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — An argument over a parking space in a crowded tourist district escalated into two fatal shootings, including one involving police officers, authorities said on Monday.

Two Miami-Dade County men suffered gunshot wounds in the parking dispute Sunday along Ocean Drive in popular South Beach, according to Miami Beach Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez.

A white BMW fleeing the scene crashed into two police cars several blocks away, but it didn’t stop completely until a confrontation with two officers who fired at it, Rodriguez said.

One suspect in the car was shot and died at a hospital. Three other suspects in the car were detained, including one apprehended by a K9 officer.

One victim from the shooting on Ocean Drive died at a hospital.

Miami-Dade Police will investigate the shooting involving the two officers, according to a Miami Beach Police policy requiring an outside agency to investigate shootings involving officers.

ASSOCIATED PRESS