1 dead after FDLE-involved shooting in SW Miami-Dade; lockdown lifted at Jorge Mas Canosa Middle

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Southwest Miami-Dade, prompting a heavy law enforcement presence and a brief lockdown of a nearby middle school. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies and Fire Rescue units were seen responding to the 15700 block of Southwest 140th Street, around two blocks away from Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School. A mobile command unit was also on the scene. According to MDSO, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent was inside his car when an individual on the street approached the car and began hitting the window. The agent got out of his car and the individual began fighting him.

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