Sergeant opens fire on suspect outside Home Depot in west Miami-Dade

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ A police-involved shooting was under investigation Saturday night in west Miami-Dade County.

It happened in the Home Depot and Costco parking lot in the area of 79th Avenue and West Flagler Street.

A female sergeant from the Miami-Dade Police Department was patrolling the area when a Home Depot employee told her someone had been stealing items. She saw the man allegedly pushing a cart full of merchandise from the store and tried approaching him.

The man ran and jumped into the passenger seat of a black two-door Honda, police say. A woman driving that car is accused of driving it in the direction of the sergeant, who fired her weapon.

The sergeant wasnā€™t hit by the car and is OK. The man and woman drove away and have not yet been found.

Police say the woman driving the car has reddish hair and a colorful vintage jacket

The man is believed to be about 6-feet-1, 200 pounds and was wearing a black shirt and black ripped jeans.