Miami-Dade Deputy Killed in Attack at Vehicle Crash Scene

A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot when he responded to a vehicle crash in the southwest area of the county on Friday afternoon died at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Video shows Deputy Devin Jaramillo was trying to subdue a man moments before he was shot.

Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz, during a news conference at the hospital, said Jaramillo, 27, “was brutally attacked, and he was murdered.”

A video shared with the Miami Herald showed Jaramillo struggling with an unidentified man on the ground when he grabbed the deputy’s gun and then shot him in the neck. Deputies did not release information on the man.

Sources told Miami Herald News partner CBS News Miami that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A second person was being questioned in connection with the incident, CBS News Miami’s sources said.

Cordero-Stutz barely held back tears as she delivered the grim news of Jaramillo’s passing in front of several high-ranking sheriff’s officials, some of whom were crying.

“He’s not only a deputy. He’s a son, a brother and a friend,” she said. “He gave the ultimate sacrifice, his life, defending you, and we need to understand as a community that this is just unacceptable.”

“I ask our community to pray for the family of our fallen deputy — to pray for all of us because we are family, and we are hurting,” she said.

Afterward, an ambulance carrying Jaramillo’s body in a motorcade left the hospital as dozens of police officers saluted. The body was taken to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office in Miami.

Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak and his department expressed their sorrow for the loss of Jaramillo, saying he was a “decorated officer” who served for nearly four years on the Coral Gables force before joining the county sheriff’s office.

Earlier, the sheriff’s office said in an X post: “One of our Kendall District Deputies was shot during an altercation. He was transported to a local hospital. We ask for your prayers.”

Dozens of Miami-Dade deputies had descended onto the hospital. Officers from other police agencies, including Miami’s and Doral’s, were also at the hospital. Some deputies were emotional as they embraced each other in long hugs before heading inside.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighters raised an American flag between two fire ladders at the hospital.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava posted to X before Jaramillo’s death was announced, “I’m praying for the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot this afternoon in the line of duty. Our entire community stands with this brave officer, his family and fellow deputies, and all our men and women in uniform who put themselves at risk to protect our community.”

Sheriff’s deputies announced the closure of Southwest 120th Street and the Florida Turnpike, near where the shooting occurred at Southwest 122nd Avenue and 120th Street. Southwest 122nd Avenue was also closed from Southwest 120th to 128th Streets. And, Southwest 128th Street was closed from Southwest 122nd to 125th Avenues.

The shooting of the police officer not only caused traffic snarls but also school shutdowns.

Rosaelena Valencia-Villa was standing at the intersection of SW 127th Avenue and 128th Street around 7:15 pm. She had just picked up her son Oliver from the South Florida Center for Percussive Arts, where he was locked down with the other students since the shooting.

Her husband had dropped Oliver off just before 4 p.m., and when he was leaving the parking lot, dozens of police cars and ambulances flooded the area, Valencia-Villa said.

“Thirty to 40 cop cars at the same time is not normal for this area,” she said.

The music school’s director was in contact with parents, reassuring them no one was allowed in or out of the building, said Valencia-Villa.

Oliver told reporters that he wasn’t sure what was going on while he was locked down.

“It was a little bit of fear at first,” he said. “But when I found out, I was sad.”

Last week, a Miami Beach officer died after police say his motorcycle crashed on Interstate 75 near Hialeah.

The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 29 near the Northwest 138th Street exit, the Miami Beach Police Department said. Police Chief Wayne Jones identified the officer as 33-year-old David Cajuso. The 10-year veteran left behind three young children, ages 2, 3 and 5, and a wife, Jones said.

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