Wild video shows a suspect who was Tased by police before he stole and crashed a Miramar Police cruiser early Friday, officials said.
The incident unfolded shortly before 2 a.m. when officers responded to the 12000 block of Southwest 26th Street for a 911 call about a suspicious person banging on a door, Miramar Police officials said.
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WATCH HERECell phone video obtained by NBC6 showed the officers surrounding the suspect and yelling commands at him.
The suspect rushed at officers and threatened them, officials said. The officers used multiple Tasers on the suspect but they had no effect, officials said.
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The video captures the sounds from moment the man was Tased and moments later, shows a police car speeding away.
Police said the suspect managed to break free and get into the driver seat of the patrol car and flee, but he crashed into a gate, immobilizing the car, officials said.
Footage from the scene showed the marked police car heavily damaged and the gate it crashed into destroyed.
Officers took the suspect into custody and brought him to Memorial Regional Hospital for an evaluation.
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Police later identified him as 40-year-old Marques Johnson. They haven't said what charges he'll face.
No officers or civilians were injured in the incident.
“It was such a loud bang it woke her up and it woke me up," resident Paulina Cruz said. “And then we heard the sirens and the alarms and I was scared because I didn’t know what was happening, and I was scared someone was going to come knocking on my door like looking for, I don’t know, something.”
