College student dies after being shot by police

A female college student from Bowie, Maryland, was shot by a police officer in Miami Beach and died Sunday after leaving the scene of a collision and striking another officer with a car, Miami Beach, Florida, police said.

The woman was identified as Cariann Hithon, whose father said she was a senior at Temple University in Philadelphia and was in Florida to celebrate her 22nd birthday.

Cary Hithon, the woman’s father and a retired Navy captain, said he knew little about the incident beyond what had appeared in news accounts.

He was thrown to the ground and lost consciousness for a time, the chief said.

After the officer was hit, Oates said, another officer opened fire. At least one shot struck the woman, he said. She died at a hospital, the chief said.