Newly released body camera footage shows the moment a Miami Beach Police officer shot a fellow officer in the leg while struggling with a man on a busy Florida roadway.
Officer Shenaqua Stringer was responding to a call reporting a suspicious person possibly carrying a gun while walking on Venetian Causeway shortly before p. The suspect reached into his pocket to grab an "unknown object" as Stringer approached him, investigators said.
Stringer drew her gun and began struggling with the man, ordering him to the ground as fellow officer Fabio Balanos arrived. Balanos ran toward the struggle, and Stringer accidentally fired, striking Balanos in his left leg. But, moments later, a growing puddle of blood appeared beneath him. You fed up his leg. Stringer then handcuffed the suspect as she called for help. During the ride to the hospital, Balanos asked another officer if he could borrow a phone to call his wife. I'm OK though. All right, babe?
I love you. The bodycam continued rolling as Balanos arrived at the hospital, showing officers frantically banging on the doors to alert medical staff that they needed help. As Balanos was being treated for his injuries at a hospital, officers discovered the suspected handgun the man reached for was a metallic cigarette lighter.
The man was not charged with a crime, and authorities determined he was a missing person from nearby Collier County. The situation remains an active internal investigation, and Stringer is still employed by the agency, the Miami Beach Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital. The district attorney determined there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Stringer.
