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he s off the street and behind bars. here s the latest. reporter: welcome to the big house david mujia. a heavy escort into the tgk correctional center for the man miami gardens police say tried to kill one of their own. if you have that much hate and aggression to attempt to assassinate a police officer who s paid to protect and serve, there s no justification for it. reporter: this is david s mug shot. no stranger to crime. but this time, he faces big- time trial. he was in a police suv as you can see mr. a police suv, as you can see, full of bullet holes. he was trying to finish a prorpt an individual decided that he was going to slot in the police car several times. he struck him once. suspect drove by, eyeballed the officer, and then backed up and shot at david starling multiple times. the police purr to do sued, including officer starling. the suspect? he leaned out the window with a firearm and began to shoot at the officers. reporter: there was a c ....
charges as police try to determine why. david majia is accused of firing at a police officer. the deep twaiz hit once. he had surgery today. gee talk to frank hester at the turner e gill corrections facility where the suspect is being held. reporter: this guy caused chaos, but all quiet because he s off the street and behind bars. here s the latest. reporter: welcome to the big house david mujia. a heavy escort into the tgk correctional center for the man miami gardens police say tried to kill one of their own. if you have that much hate and aggression to attempt to assassinate a police officer who s paid to protect and serve, there s no justification for it. no stranger to crime. but this time, he faces big- time trial. he was in a police suv as you can see mr. a police suv, as you can see, full of bullet holes. he was trying to finish a prorpt an individual decided that he was going to slot in the police car several times. he struck him once. reporter: p ....
minute away. at the top tonight, new details into a frightening crime, a police officer ambushed targeted by a gunman as he sat in his patrol car. anchor: and that miami gardens cop surviving that attack. anchor: the alleged shooter this man. just release this new mug shot as the suspect sits in jail, tonight the concern turned to that injured officer. anchor: now we are hearing from his father, a retired officer himself, derek shore is live now, where an officeser recovering t tonight, derek? we are hearing that officer recovery after this bizarre ambush, in which a motiv is still unknown been witnesses heard the sounds of an ambush. david was skiting in his patrol suv at northeast. filling out a report, when out of nowhere a b.m.w. suv drove past him, came back, and the driver opened fire into the officer s vehicle, a bullet hitting th officer in the back side. could have paid the ultimate sack rah, and i know he is very grateful. but police chief says o ....
and colleagues by his side. he says he has been worried about his son s profession. police officers their vehicles a shot into, they are shot at, and i just don t understand and the motive a huge question, why, we can confirm that the fbi is investigating, it is just a few weeks ago tha a philadelphia cop was ambushed in his car, in that case he claimed to have carried out the attack in the name of islam, so is today s attack terror related? it is not my belief. as far as you have been told the fbi says the same? yes. mejia has been booked into jail on a slew of charges the chief hoping for a speedy recovery for h h officer and change. this is something we have to come together collectively. we hear the police say t ts is not terrorist related he says incident, he says he has been more concentrated on the recovery of his officer than why this man decided to snap. local 10 news. now a story you saw first on 10, as a hit and run driver careens out of control ....
wind over the warmer waters helping produce clouds and showers. more details on the rest of our forecast coming up. neki: thanks a lot jennifer. this morning new details of a frightening crime. a police officer ambushed by a gunman as he sat in his patrol car. todd: and local 10 reporter has more from that hospital where that officer is recovering. reporter: witnesses heard the sound of an ambush. police say officer david starling was sitting in his patrol carar this morning fill owght a report when out of nowhere a bmw suv drove passed him. came back and the driver opened fire into the officer s vehicle. a bullet hitting that officer in the back side. he could of paid the ultimate sacrifices. now he is very grateful. reporter: but police chief antonio brooklyn said officer starling was able to get on the radio and call for help and eventually other officers caught daydavidejia who fired on them as well but eventually ey would get him into custody. we@ spoke ....