{"id":379019,"date":"2026-08-23T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:00:49","slug":"traffic-stop-in-northwest-miami-dade-sparks-manhunt-for-possible-murder-suspect-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379019\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic stop in northwest Miami-Dade sparks manhunt for possible murder suspect, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0August 22, 2026 at 9:23 AM<\/p>\n<p>A routine traffic stop turned into a police search in northwest Miami-Dade, with officers looking for a person they say could be connected to a homicide Friday night.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A routine traffic stop turned into a police search in northwest Miami-Dade, with officers looking for a person they say could be connected to a homicide Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/22\/parada-de-trafico-en-el-noroeste-de-miami-dade-desata-busqueda-de-posible-sospechoso-de-asesinato-informan-autoridades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/22\/parada-de-trafico-en-el-noroeste-de-miami-dade-desata-busqueda-de-posible-sospechoso-de-asesinato-informan-autoridades\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said the traffic stop started just before 6 p.m. near Northwest 88th Street and 12th Avenue, when a Miami Police Department officer attempted to pull over a car with four people inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said the driver sped away. Three people eventually got out of the vehicle and tried to run, but police caught them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police confirmed that the fourth person remains at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A helicopter spent a couple of hours circling over nearby homes as officers searched the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers later left the intersection, but it was not immediately clear whether the search was still underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office are assisting Miami police with the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police told Local 10 News that the traffic stop was related to a previously reported MPD case involving the vehicle. Authorities later said the people inside the vehicle may also be connected to a homicide investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brett Knese\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d3b079d0-0444-499b-8cb7-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Brett Knese<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Brett Knese joined the Local 10 News team as a general assignment reporter in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jackie Pascale\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/7459247a-7a40-428f-b513-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jackie Pascale<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jackie Pascale joined the Local 10 News team in July 2025 as a reporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM Updated:\u00a0August 22, 2026 at 9:23 AM A routine traffic stop turned into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-379019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379019","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=379019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}