Bodycam footage shows moment Florida officers' attempt to restrain suspect goes horribly wrong

Newly released assemblage camera footage shows the infinitesimal a Miami Beach Police officer changeable a chap serviceman successful the limb portion struggling with a antheral connected a engaged Florida roadway.

Officer Shenaqua Stringer was responding to a 911 telephone reporting a suspicious idiosyncratic perchance carrying a weapon portion walking connected Venetian Causeway soon earlier 12:30 p.m. March 2, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. 

The fishy reached into his pouch to drawback an "unknown object" arsenic Stringer approached him, investigators said.  

Stringer drew her weapon and began struggling with the man, ordering him to the crushed arsenic fellow serviceman Fabio Balanos arrived. Balanos ran toward the struggle, and Stringer accidentally fired, striking Balanos successful his near leg. 

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Bodycam footage shows Officer Stringer attempting to detain a antheral connected the Venetian Causeway successful Miami, Fla., March 2, 2024. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

Stringer’s assemblage camera was not rolling astatine the clip of the shooting, which was not straight recorded connected Balanos' camera. But, moments later, a increasing puddle of humor appeared beneath him. 

"Why’d you bash that?" the antheral tin beryllium heard asking arsenic helium is wrestled to the ground. "Ain’t cipher bash nothing. You f---ed up his leg. He’s bleeding a lot."

Stringer past handcuffed the fishy arsenic she called for help. 

"Hurry up, due to the fact that I request a tourniquet," Balanos said.

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Bodycam footage shows constabulary officers tending to Officer Balanos’ injuries aft helium was changeable successful the limb connected the Venetian Causeway successful Miami, Fla., March 2, 2024. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

Balanos’ bodycam captured the infinitesimal much officers arrived and wrapped a tourniquet astir his limb arsenic helium wailed successful symptom and they loaded him into the backmost of a constabulary cruiser. 

During the thrust to the hospital, Balanos asked different serviceman if helium could get a telephone to telephone his wife. 

"I’m OK," Balanos told her. "I got changeable successful the leg. I'm OK though. They’re taking maine to Ryder Trauma close now. I’m OK, though. All right, babe? I emotion you."

The bodycam continued rolling arsenic Balanos arrived astatine the hospital, showing officers frantically banging connected the doors to alert aesculapian unit that they needed help. 

"Open up, let's go," 1 serviceman tin beryllium heard yelling arsenic they knocked connected the infirmary doors.

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Bodycam footage shows erstwhile constabulary officers get astatine a infirmary with Officer Fabio Balanos aft helium was changeable successful the limb by affable fire. (Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney)

As Balanos was being treated for his injuries astatine a hospital, officers discovered the suspected handgun the antheral reached for was a metallic cigaret lighter.

The antheral was not charged with a crime, and authorities determined helium was a missing idiosyncratic from adjacent Collier County. 

The concern remains an progressive interior investigation, and Stringer is inactive employed by the agency, the Miami Beach Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.

The territory lawyer determined determination was not capable grounds to bring criminal charges against Stringer. 

The South Florida Police Benevolent Association did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

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Balanos, a Coast Guard veteran with a combined 18 years of acquisition moving arsenic a instrumentality enforcement officer, has made a afloat betterment and returned to work, according to reports.