LAS VEGAS —A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer was dragged by a suspect vehicle while responding to a shoplifting incident, video obtained by 8 News Now shows.
The Aug. 1 incident began when officers responded to a reported shoplifting at a Target. Body camera footage shows Officer Chadly Dingle beckoning a group of women seen exiting the building.
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The women had been captured on camera putting clothing in their bags and leaving without paying for it, according to the report. As Dingle worked to take one of the women into custody, she struggled and was able to reach her vehicle.
She got into the driver’s seat and began to drive away while the officer, still trying to take her into custody, was partly inside her vehicle. Bystander video shows the woman’s car gaining speed as she attempted to leave the parking lot, while the officer’s legs dangled from one of the rear doors.
Video from an Aramark delivery van shows another police cruiser colliding with the suspect vehicle to stop it as the suspect attempted to turn onto a main road.
Body camera footage shows another officer responding to help the injured officer, now fully in the woman’s back seat. The woman, along with three teenagers, were taken into custody.
Dingle told a Grand Jury he was “just trying to survive,” according to the report. He suffered a herniated lower disk in his back, along with other shoulder and knee injuries.
The suspect is facing charges of burglary, resisting a public officer with the use of a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping. The three teenagers involved were also arrested and face various charges, including robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping.
