Officers responded to a possible murder that occurred in the area. While making contact with the suspect, an officer was hit on the head with a blunt object.
An Illinois State Police trooper was seriously injured and airlifted from the scene Monday morning after his vehicle was struck on Interstate 55 in Will County.
The officer was walking to a police van inside the garage at the 78th Precinct at when the metal roll-down gate came crashing down, pinning her leg and causing serious injury.
One of the officers used his Taser at the suspect to get him to drop the gun. The suspect responded by firing at the officers on the stairs, police say. One officer fell and injured his arm.
“I have officers who were not issued helmets prior to the attack who have sustained head injuries,” Gus Papathanasiou, Capitol Police union chairman, said in a statement Wednesday. “One officer has two cracked ribs and two smashed spinal discs and another was stabbed with a metal fence stake, to name some of the injuries.”
In a press conference Wednesday, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said both deputies were responding to a domestic violence call in the moments before the crash.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies called to the scene briefly spoke with someone through the door of room 112, but the person stopped responding. With the help of the property manager, they got the door open and found the room was filled with smoke.
Thrown projectiles, irritant sprays, and hand-to-hand violence were used on his officers as they made 25 arrests over curfew violations after 6 p.m., DC Metro Police Chief Robert J. Contee said.
“In that moment, my first thought was ‘I can’t let this man die in front of me’,” 22-year-old Dajour Keemer said.
The 27-year-old officer was responding to a domestic dispute in Crown Heights just after 9 p.m. when the gunman opened fire, police sources said.