MIAMI — A police officer working an undercover narcotics operation in Miami was shot in the head area during a traffic stop Wednesday — the fourth Miami-Dade officer struck by gunfire in the past seven months.
The officer was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center was talkative and expected to survive, police said. But the shooter, a passenger in the car, according to police, took off on foot and hadn’t been taken into custody as of early Wednesday night.
Police from several agencies responded to the scene, cordoning off a large area near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street during the busy rush hour. Police said the shooter had been a passenger in the car and that the driver was in custody. Several police sources said the officer who was shot is Darrion Washington.
