MIAMI - A shootout erupted Thursday in a notoriously crime-ridden section of Miami as a team of heavily armed law enforcement agents tried to serve a warrant, leaving two officers and a suspect dead, authorities said.
A U.S. Marshal is seen with a weapon as he walks toward a fallen female Miami-Dade Police officer, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Miami. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez says a Miami-Dade police officer has died during surgery after a shootout with a suspect in Miami. Alvarez said Thursday that the suspect, who was also killed, shot at police as they served a warrant and then they shot at him. (AP Photo)
Emergency personnel among others are shown near the location of a shootout that erupted in a Miami neighborhood, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, third from left, walks with Miami-Dade Police spokeswoman Cmdr. Nancy Perez, second from right, as they prepare to speak to the media near where a shootout erupted in a Miami neighborhood, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Police officers is stand near the location of a shootout that erupted in a Miami neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, authorities said. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died, Alvarez said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
A heavily-armed police officer is shown near the location of a shootout that erupted in a Miami neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, authorities said. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died, Alvarez said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Police officers are shown near the location of a shootout that erupted in a Miami neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, authorities said. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died, Alvarez said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Police officers are shown near the location of a shootout that erupted in a Miami neighborhood on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, killing two Miami-Dade police officers and a suspect, authorities said. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the first officer had been shot once and died at the scene. The second officer, who was shot several times, was taken to a hospital and later died, Alvarez said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
