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GREENSBORO — A Greensboro man is charged with assault after police say he intentionally hit an officer with his SUV Thursday night.
Ryan Larmar Parsons, 26, of 1930 Taylor St., is charged with assault inflicting serious injury on a government official. He was also served with two counts of failure to appear on misdemeanor charges. Bail was set at $75,000 on the assault charge. Additional drug-related charges are pending, said Susan Danielsen, police spokeswoman.
He is accused of intentionally hitting Officer T.J. Kilmer on Thursday night with a Cadillac Escalade, Danielsen said. Kilmer was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries that included trauma to his upper torso, Danielsen said. He has since been treated and released.
The incident began about 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the convenience store KT Express, at 3602 E. Wendover Ave., police said. Kilmer and Officer M.R. McPhatter were working off-duty for the N.C. Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, conducting surveillance, Danielsen said.
Police said Kilmer and McPhatter reported seeing at least two drug transactions between several people who arrived at the convenience store in three vehicles. Two of those vehicles left the parking lot afterward but one of them — the Escalade — remained, and the officers turned on their blue lights and drove toward the SUV, police said.
Kilmer began getting out of the passenger side of the vehicle and as he did, Parsons is accused of accelerating toward him, hitting Kilmer and knocking him into another vehicle.
Kilmer fired his gun several times after he was hit, from the ground, while the SUV was trying to flee, Danielsen said. No one was hit by the bullets.
McPhatter stopped the SUV in the parking lot, and detained the two people in the vehicle, Danielsen said. Parsons, the driver, was ultimately arrested. The passenger is not facing any charges, Danielsen said.
Two nearby officers saw one of the vehicles, a Ford Focus, on Textile Drive that was involved in the earlier drug transaction, police said. The officers stopped the vehicle and the driver got out and led officers on a brief foot chase before being arrested. His name was not immediately available.
Kilmer is currently recovering from his injuries at home, Danielsen said. Because he fired his weapon, when he returns to work, he will be on administrative duty. Kilmer, who joined the police department in 2011, is currently assigned to the vice/narcotics division.
Although he didn’t fire his weapon, McPhatter was also involved in the incident and will also be placed on administrative duty, police said. He joined the police department in 2007 and is currently assigned to the patrol division.
Per Greensboro Police Department policy, any time an officer discharges his firearm, the professional standards division conducts an administrative investigation to determine if the officer complied with all policies and training standards.
The Criminal Investigations Division conducts a separate criminal investigation to determine whether or not the officer’s actions were justifiable under state law.
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