{"id":363713,"date":"2026-08-05T20:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363713\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:50:11","slug":"south-florida-community-mourns-doral-police-officers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363713\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida community mourns Doral police officer&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Florida community mourns Doral police officer&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p>The city of Doral announced the death of a police officer, prompting an outpouring of grief from the community and local officials.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785963010_910_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Malcolm Shields\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A South Florida community is mourning the death of a police officer.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbqjTvMjlMQ\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">city of Doral announced<\/a> on Wednesday, Aug. 5, that one of its police officers died.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Stay up-to-date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">\u201cWith a heavy heart, I join our community in mourning the profound loss we share today alongside the family, friends, and fellow officers of one our own from the Doral Police Department,\u201d Doral Mayor Christi Fraga said in a statement posted on social media. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">\u201cToday, we say goodbye not only to an exceptional public servant, but to a man who wore his badge with integrity, humility, and unwavering sense of duty. His kindness, his dedication to serving others, and his steadfast commitment to the safety of our community will forever remain in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The name of the officer was not made public.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fce75d76-2e79-44f9-8880-bc3d55860507.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The city of Doral announced the death of a police officer, prompting an outpouring of grief from the community and local officials. Law enforcement officials escorted and gathered on the ambulance\u2019s route to the medical examiner\u2019s office in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fce75d76-2e79-44f9-8880-bc3d55860507.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/doral-police-officers-body-taken-to-medical-examiners-office-after-apparent-suicide-in-sw-miami-dade-7news-source-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to ABC affiliate WSVN-TV in Miami<\/a> citing a source, a Doral Police officer apparently took his own life in Southwest Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">If you or someone you know needs help, you can talk with the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline by calling or sending a text message to 988, or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/chat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chat online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/68333447-cd27-471f-b95a-d2baa35c72ad.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The city of Doral announced the death of a police officer, prompting an outpouring of grief from the community and local officials. Law enforcement officials escorted and gathered on the ambulance\u2019s route to the medical examiner\u2019s office in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/68333447-cd27-471f-b95a-d2baa35c72ad.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">WSVN reported that on Wednesday at 6:20 a.m., Miami-Dade County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies responded to the area of Southwest 157th Avenue and 160th Street and found a man unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b8c73780-463d-40bd-a5b1-56a09105efe4.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The city of Doral announced the death of a police officer, prompting an outpouring of grief from the community and local officials. Law enforcement officials escorted and gathered on the ambulance\u2019s route to the medical examiner\u2019s office in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b8c73780-463d-40bd-a5b1-56a09105efe4.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Aerial footage showed law enforcement officials on motorcycles escorting an ambulance to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office. Law enforcement officials were seen standing and watching as the ambulance passed by en route to the medical examiner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Florida community mourns Doral police officer&#8217;s death The city of Doral announced the death of a police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14817,5507,147823,41167,28,30,29,147827,92090,2391,147826,51595,147824,147822,147828,147825,2483,2486,189],"class_list":["post-363713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-ambulance","tag-death","tag-doral-police-officer","tag-fellow-officer","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-heavy-heart","tag-law-enforcement-official","tag-man","tag-miami-dade-county-medical-examiner","tag-office-deputy","tag-south-florida-community","tag-south-florida-community-mourns-doral-police-officers-death","tag-southwest-157th-avenue","tag-southwest-miami-dade-county","tag-today","tag-wednesday","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}