Wild new video shows a Miami Police officer shooting a driver through a windshield while riding on the hood of a moving car.
The footage recorded by an unknown source shows the shooting and moments after but it does not show what happened before the officer fired shots into the car near Bayfront Park on Sunday afternoon.
The video, shared with filmmaker Billy Corben and uploaded to his Instagram page, shows the officer on the hood of the moving BMW firing three shots into the car.
Moments later, the car comes to a stop, the driver runs out and puts his hands up.
A second video appears to show the driver dropping to the ground before he is placed in handcuffs by another officer.
Miami Police said the driver struck the officer with his car at Biscayne Boulevard and 2nd Street, prompting the officer to shoot him.
The driver and the officer were hospitalized.
Police haven’t released the driver’s identity but his mother and sister identified him as 21-year-old Menelek Clarke.
Clarke’s sister, Sherylann Clarke said she was inside the BMW at the time of the shooting.
“He was trying to move and the police officer went in front of his car again and he’s moving with his car as he’s moving trying to get out of his way so obviously they came into contact because he’s hovering over my brother’s car, touching his car. Then he pulls out his gun to shoot him,” she said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is leading the investigation, which is standard practice in police shootings.
Miami Police said they won’t be commenting further on the case while it’s investigated, but said both agencies are looking at all videos related to the incident.
Via NBC