The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A city police officer fired at a man during a traffic stop early Saturday after the passenger pointed a gun at him, police said.
Junior Biggs, 20, of Hartford, was treated for non-life threatening injuries at St. Francis Hospital and released, police said.
Police said they stopped the car Biggs was riding in because it was backing up the wrong way down Nelson street. When Officer Brian Salkeld approached the passenger window, Biggs pointed a sawed-off shotgun in his direction, police said.
Salkeld fired several shots, and the vehicle sped away, police said.
Police said the car hit three other vehicles while fleeing from police, and when it stopped, two men fled the scene. Driver Beswick Belnavis, 20, of Manchester, and Biggs were later arrested, police said.
Police said they recovered a sawed-off, loaded 12-gauge shotgun and a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun.
Belnavis was charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, weapons in a motor vehicle, reckless driving and failure to bring a motor vehicle to a stop. He was being held in lieu of $1 million bond.
Biggs was charged with criminal attempt of first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of a sawed-off shotgun and possession of a shotgun in a motor vehicle. He was being held in lieu of $2.5 million bond.
Both men were due in court Monday.