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- According to police, the incident started around 4 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Pembroke Lakes Mall.
A former member of the Miami-Dade School Board was released from the hospital Thursday night and taken to the Broward County jail after police say he led officers on a chase last weekend before opening fire on them.
Officers have charged 81-year-old Solomon Stinson with seven counts in the case, including two counts of attempted murder.
According to police, the incident started around 4 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Pembroke Lakes Mall outside the AMC movie theater over a parking spot. That's when the suspect fired shots at the victim's car, shattering her rear window.
Officials said Stinson took off in a car, and police saw him shooting at others on Flamingo Road and Johnson Street.
A SWAT team caught up to Stinson but he was unwilling to surrender, officials said. They approached him and took him into custody using a "less lethal weapon," officials said.
Stinson wasn't injured by the gunfire, police said. No officers or civilians were injured in the incident.
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Additionally, Pembroke Pines police say Stinson was involved in an aggravated assault in Miramar. In that incident, a woman approached his vehicle in a residential community. Stinson pointed his gun at the victim, as he drove through her neighborhood, officials said.
Stinson faces charges including attempted homicide, and aggravated assault with a firearm. Attorney information wasn't available.
Records showed Stinson began with career with Miami-Dade Schools in 1960 as a teacher at Holmes Elementary School. He was also principal of North Glade Elementary from 1970 to 1973.
Stinson was elected to the school board in 1996, and retired in 2010.
