Police say Suffolk County Officer Christopher Racioppo was stabbed during a struggle with a suspect.
GBI officials said deputies were moving an inmate, Albert Booze, to another area of the jail when the stabbing happened. Booze had made threats to harm himself and was being placed on suicide watch.
Police say the man was causing a disturbance inside The Range 702 and was asked to leave the business.
Chief Rich Brodrick said the officer was investigating a domestic disturbance and was pursuing a vehicle.
A witness said it took about five minutes for officers to restrain the suspect and about half an hour later he was put into an ambulance.
During the stop, one officer got in a fight with the passenger of the vehicle and was stabbed in the face by the man, according to Nampa Chief of Police Joe Huff.
The Las Cruces (NM) Police Department reports that a police lieutenant was stabbed on Monday morning while assisting with the apprehension of a rape suspect who fled on foot from a residence.
The agency released surveillance footage from the station that shows a man walk up to the patrol car before getting into a scuffle with an officer in the driver’s seat.
The officers Tasered the man and police said while he was being taken into custody, he stabbed one officer in the stomach.
When Dep. Williams tried to take the man into custody, "(the suspect) pulled the knife out and stabbed Deputy Williams in the neck before fleeing the area and ignoring verbal commands to stop," the sheriff's office said on Facebook.
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