MPD Releases Crime Camera Video of Police Shooting
posted 10:38 pm Fri November 02, 2007 - Washington
The officers tried to use their cruisers to blockade the vehicle. You can see the officer in front of the stolen SUV getting out of his cruiser when the SUV pulls forward, striking the officer and throwing him onto the hood.
Police say the officer feared for his life and opened fire, apparently striking the driver in the chest. The early morning violence caught neighbors by surprise. "I woke up. I heard a car screeching away. I heard five shots," said neighbor Will Collins.
The officer was taken to the hospital for the treatment of undisclosed injuries. He's expected to recover.
Police located the abandoned TrailBlazer a few blocks away on Clifton Street. Investigators arrested the suspected driver in an apartment building on 13th Street. Police identified him as 21-year-old Marco Antonio Wilson. He was charged with assault on a police officer. Other charges are pending, police say. Wilson was taken to the hospital. His gunshot wound was not considered life-threatening.
Investigators say they arrested 42-year-old John Pearson at the gas station. He's accused of being a passenger in the stolen SUV. Police believe the other passenger escaped. About two hours later on Harvard Street, the
Investigators would not say if the raid was connected to the gas station shooting or recent violence in the neighborhood that helped prompt this weekend's "All Hands on Deck" police action.
Under the plan, all officers work eight-hour shifts over the weekend in an effort to target high-crime areas.
The first three "All Hands on Deck" weekends, in June, July and August, netted more than 1,500 arrests.
Latest Comment on MPD Releases Crime Camera Video of Police Shooting
holtonfb
1:04 pm on 11/06/07
looking at the tape several times .. it looked to me as though the officer was getting out of his car when he was struck ..it's kinda hard to slide out trhe passenger side door when you want to contain then perp .. and maybe from his angle .. the officer thought he had the perp blocked in...
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