By Gregory Pratt
Chicago Tribune
HARVEY, Ill. — A Harvey police officer shot a man Wednesday who subsequently hit the officer with a police vehicle he commandeered, a city spokesman said.
The incident happened at 4:38 p.m. on Wednesday near 148th and Dixie Highway. Two officers were on the scene in the area when they heard what happened to be a crash around the corner, Harvey spokesman Sean Howard said.
They saw two vehicles had been involved in a head-on collision. Three occupants from one of the cars began to flee, Howard said.
One officer tended to people in one of the vehicles while the other officer pursued the fleeing individuals, Howard said.
During that pursuit, the officer exited his police car and attempted to detain one of the supects, but the man escaped, Howard said.
The suspect then got into the officer’s vehicle and the officer fired his gun into the vehicle, wounding the suspect, Howard said.
In the process, the suspect lost control of the police vehicle and it flipped, Howard said.
The officer was hit by the car as he was shooting, and his foot was injured, Howard said.
Other officers on the scene captured the two other individuals who fled, Howard said.
The officer has a foot injury but is OK, Howard said. The suspect who took control of the officer’s vehicle is expected to survive, as he does not have life-threatening injuries, Howard said.
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