The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating a shooting involving a deputy from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
Investigators say an off-duty MDSO deputy identified Isaiah Rashard Collins, considered to be armed and dangerous, wanted by Pembroke Pines Police Department for a Double Homicide that occurred last week and requested emergency back-up. Collins fled on foot, ran across the Florida Turnpike, jumped into a canal, swam across it, and climbed up a tree.
Additional deputies responded to the area and began to plead with Collins to come down. Police say he refused to cooperate and was making erratic movements. At one point Collins gestured toward his waistband, as if attempting to reach for something, and a deputy discharged his service weapon, striking Collins in the lower, left arm.
With the assistance of the MDSO Special Response Team Collins was taken into custody. Deputies provided life-saving measures before Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and airlifted him to HCA Aventura Hospital in stable condition. No deputies nor any civilians were injured in this incident.