Intense new body camera footage shows Miami-Dade officers shooting an armed man during a confrontation in a park last year.
The footage obtained by NBC6 on Wednesday shows the March 20, 2024 shooting of Christian Roque.
Authorities said the incident began when officers spotted a vehicle with an expired tag commit multiple traffic infractions.
Officers tried to stop the car but the driver, Roque, fled before he eventually lost control and struck a parked vehicle and fence, officials said.
Roque fled the vehicle on foot while armed with a gun, and ran into Marva Y. Bannerman Park & Pool on Northwest 24th Avenue in Brownsville, where there were civilians and children, authorities said.
“Drop the gun, you’re gonna get shot!” and officer yells in the footage. “Drop the gun!”
When Roque wouldn’t drop the gun, the officers opened fire, hitting him multiple times, officials said.
The footage shows officers fire a barrage of bullets as they try to keep civilians safe.
“Stay behind the car sir, stay behind the car,” an officers tells one man.
Roque is seen on the ground injured as officers move in to take him into custody. He was hospitalized but survived.
A gun was recovered at the scene.
A Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office memo released earlier this month cleared the officers in the shooting, saying it was legally justified.