Person fatally shot by FDLE agent during altercation in SW Miami-Dade, MDSO says

Cellphone video captured the altercation before a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent fatally shot a suspect. NBC6’s Niko Clemmons reports A Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent fatally shot a person during an altercation in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood Thursday morning, Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office officials said. Deputies responded to the shooting shortly after 9 a.m. in the area of Southwest 157th Avenue and Southwest 140th Street. Investigators said the agent was inside his vehicle when a person who was standing in the street approached and started hitting the vehicle's window. The agent exited and there was a physical altercation, and at one point the other person threw the agent to the ground and got on top of him, officials said.

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