NEWARK, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say a central Ohio police officer was shot in the arm and a suspect was hit by a police car after an attempted arrest went awry.
The officer was shot just after noon Wednesday in the area of 28 N. 11th Street as he and other officers tried to arrest a man wanted for operating a counterfeiting operation, Newark police Chief Steven Sarver said.
The officer, whose name wasn’t released, is expected to recover.
The confrontation happened when the suspect pulled his car over, Sarver said. He says the man fled on foot after the shooting, and when officers caught up to him, he pointed the handgun at them. That’s when an officer hit the suspect with his unmarked car to incapacitate him.
The suspect’s name and condition weren’t released.