Former school board member arrested after shooting at police

A former Miami-Dade long-time school board member fired at a car in a shopping mall parking lot, led cops to chase, opened fire, crashed and then crashed. Is hiding in a thick thicket before being arrested, police said Pembroke Pines.

Solomon Stinson, 81, who retired from the school board in 2010 after 14 years, is facing charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault with a firearm.

The incident started after 16 hours. On Sunday, a 911 call announced that shots had been fired at the Pembroke Lakes Mall parking lot near the AMC Theater.

Police said that two victims were properly parked in the car park when Stinson disputed with the unidentified male victim, then "shot at the victim's vehicle, breaking the rear window."

Stinson then fled to Flamingo Road, police said.

The unidentified woman then moved away from the parking lot and soon realized that she was being followed, police said. That's when [were] fired near the intersection of NW 4th Street and Flamingo Road, "police said.

Officers spotted the car heading north on the Flamingo Road and followed it.

"At the intersection of Flamingo Road and Sheridan Street, the suspect unloaded his firearm several times in pursuit of police, who fired back," police said in a press release. "The suspect then drove west on Sheridan Street at a high speed. He lost control and drove along an embankment near the 13800 block of Sheridan Street, before crashing into a dense, undeveloped landscape. "

Residents were invited to stay indoors and nearby streets were closed. The ministry told motorists "to avoid the area of ​​Sheridan Street, between Flamingo Road and I-75," as all lanes were blocked.

Police said Stinson "did not want to surrender" but was finally arrested with "the use of a less lethal weapon".

He was taken to Memorial Hospital West with minor injuries.

No officer or civilian was injured. The Broward Sheriff's Office will investigate shootings involving officers, in accordance with departmental policy.

Although the police did not confirm that Stinson was the former member of the school board, a birthday check and address delivered corresponded to that of the former member of the school board.

Police said before the incident in Pembroke Pines – just before 4 pm. – Stinson "committed a aggravated assault in the city of Miramar."

During this incident, the police stated that a woman "had approached the suspect's vehicle in the residential area of ​​Monarch Lakes" and that he had pointed his gun at her while he was walking. he was "slowly crossing his neighborhood".