Hollywood, FL – A Hollywood police officer who was injured during a fight with a suspect on Sunday night has died at a local hospital.
Sources confirmed the officer’s death early Monday morning, WPLG reported.
The incident occurred in the 400-block of North Hills Drive at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 as officers were investigating a “suspicious incident,” Hollywood Police Department (HPD) spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi told the Miami Herald.
Details regarding how the officer was injured and whether or not a suspect was apprehended have not been released.
Sources said they heard gunfire in the area shortly before the injured officer was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital, WPLG reported.
One resident reported having seen someone in handcuffs, according to the news outlet.
HPD officers gathered outside the police station wearing mourning bands on their badges and crying in the wake of the officer’s death, WPLG reported.
The American flag outside the station has been lowered to half-staff.
Hollywood police announced on social media that the department would hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. to release more information.
The Hollywood Police Department will be holding a
media briefing this morning at the Hollywood Police Department. Media, please be at the Hollywood Police Department by 10 am. The media briefing will begin promptly at 10:30.— HollywoodFL Police (@HollywoodFLPD) October 18, 2021
A Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter was flying over the neighborhood in the wake of the incident and officers were seen going door-to-door in the residential neighborhood, the Miami Herald reported.
K9 teams were also seen in the area.
Please keep the @HollywoodFLPD in your thoughts and prayers. An officer was shot overnight and has since passed from injuries sustained.#officerdown #neverforgetthefallen #EOW #hollywood #florida pic.twitter.com/lTwVKFjT9b
— Oakboro Police Dept. (@Oakboropolicenc) October 18, 2021
BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Hollywood police officer injured while investigating a ‘suspicious incident’.
Police officer rushed to Memorial Regional. We have details live from the scene and the hospital all morning on @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/BOWS6dKrnA
— Brooke Shafer (@BrookeShaferTV) October 18, 2021
Officers from several different agencies in Broward County are seen coming and going at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. That is where a Hollywood Officer was transported to, after being injured during a confrontation with a suspect. pic.twitter.com/P5SdJ5v7Ki
— WIL [ i.am. Mr. Wilson] SON (@Wilsonews2021) October 18, 2021
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