TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a man is in custody after hitting a Tampa police captain with his vehicle.
Police were investigating a tip Wednesday morning about the dealing of stolen merchandise and guns.
Officers started by following a suspect’s car in an unmarked police car, but then several police vehicle’s boxed in the suspect’s car.
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As Captain Stephen Hartnett approached the vehicle, police say 23-year-old Jaime Parchmon rammed a police car and tried to run over Hartnett. A second officer, Sigure O’Neal, fired into the Parchmon’s car, hitting him in the shoulder.
Police say Parchmon drove away but had to abandon his car at a dead end. He made it about a block before officers caught him.
Hartnett taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released.
Parchmon remains hospitalized in stable condition. Police say charges against him are pending.
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