More than four and a half years after a police shootout involving robbery suspects in Miramar, Florida, that left a UPS driver and a bystander dead, four Miami-Dade officers who were involved in the incident have been indicted.
The Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association confirmed Monday that the officers had been indicted in the Dec. 5, 2019 shootout that left UPS driver Frank Ordonez and bystander Richard Cutshaw dead, NBC6 reports.
The officers’ names haven't been released and the charges they're facing were unknown.
Ordonez had been taken hostage by robbery suspects. When the suspects opened fire on officers, Ordonez and Cutshaw were killed in the crossfire. The suspects were also killed.
"We’re extremely disappointed that after almost five years, these officers are finding themselves indicted for something they had seconds to decide," The Miami-Dade PBA said in a statement. "It sends a chilling effect to officers in Broward county, that their State Attorney’s Office prosecutes one officer for not responding to an active shooter and is now indicting officers for responding to active shooters. As the process moves forward, we will monitor it and defend our officers."
