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Uber driver shoots and kills robber along the floor near the Aventura Mall.
An Uber driver, faces a thief who had a pair of guns, shot the man dead on Sunday near a roadway near the Aventura Mall, police said.
The driver, who was not immediately identified, was not injured in the robbery attempt near the floor Lehman, according to Aventura Police A passenger inside the Uber, which was heading to the airport Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, was not injured too.
But Sunday evening, detectives talked to a person of interest, police confirmed.
The chaos on the road, which connects to Sunny Isles Beach to Aventura, supported traffic westbound midmorning Sunday as police investigated the Aventura Mall is just north of the North-East street 197th and Biscayne Boulevard and attracts heavy shopping crowds this time of year.
The deadly encounter at causeway began shortly after the Uber driver picked up a passenger on the block 3300 Northeast Street 191st in a black Toyota Corolla about 5 50m a spokesman of the Aventura Police Chris Goranitis says .
A Dodge Caravan minivan cut Uber on the direction west access road next to the roadway Lehman A man emerged with two handguns drawn, ready to fly the Uber driver.
But the Uber driver pulled his own weapon, said Goranitis Four shots later, the thief died on the scene The accomplice sped away in the Dodge Caravan The caravan was then recovered by police.
Police questioned the Uber driver, who had a permit to carry a firearm, but charges are unlikely, police said.
According to the website of Uber, the company prohibits drivers and riders to carry weapons of any kind in a vehicle while using our application.
Violators could lose access to Uber, the policy states.
In the last months, several victims in South Florida fired guns on suspects of robbery and shot them.
In November, a resident heard knocking on her front door in Miami-Dade northeast, he shot twice through the door, killing a man on the other side, as his wife and two young son stayed inside the house.
Also in November, a homeowner faced with an intruder in Sunrise and fatally shot him.
And earlier this month, an owner shot a theft suspect in burglary Design District of Miami.
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