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Bullets that killed UPS driver and bystander linked to four Miami-Dade cops, report says

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American Military News by Grethel Aguila - Miami Herald   September 08, 2024

The six bullets that killed a carjacked UPS truck driver and a bystander stuck in traffic in a busy Broward intersection came from guns fired by four Miami-Dade police officers, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s investigative summary report.

The document, obtained by the Miami Herald Thursday, outlines the events leading up to the Dec. 5, 2019, shooting, which began with a jewelry heist in Coral Gables and led to the hijacked UPS truck and a high-speed chase that ran up Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 75.

The report ties the bullets to Miami-Dade police officers Jose Mateo, 32, Rodolfo Mirabal, 39, Richard Santiesteban, 33, and Leslie Lee, 57. The officers, who were indicted in Broward on manslaughter charges in June, have pleaded not guilty.

Frank Ordóñez, the UPS driver and a 27-year-old father of two, and Rick Cutshaw, a 70-year-old union worker, were fatally struck by the hail of bullets fired in a packed intersection during the 5 p.m. rush hour at Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road in southern Broward County.

The four fired nearly 90 bullets in the raging gun battle, which involved more than a dozen police officers from four agencies and was filmed live by news choppers.

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