Henry Malcolm McAleenan Jr., a 66-year-old Miami police officer, died on March 6, 2016, from complications of a gunshot wound originally sustained on August 21, 2000. On that day he and another officer responded to a residential alarm in the 16800 block of SW 147th Court. While checking the perimeter two large dogs charged; McAleenan used his baton to ward them off and the other officer fired her service weapon. A bullet accidentally struck McAleenan in the groin, severing the femoral artery.

Despite immediate and subsequent medical treatment, complications from that injury led to his death nearly 16 years later. McAleenan had served 33 years with the Miami-Dade Police Department and five years with the Homestead Police Department. He was survived by a daughter and a grandson. The shooting was ruled accidental, classified as a line-of-duty death, and no charges or arrests were filed.

Did anyone in the area at the time remember the alarm call or the officers at that address who might have additional details?