The suspect, using a large metal pole, broke through the protective barrier, and launched himself at the Officer.
"As they (Special Response Team) moved in, they could see he was holding an AR-15 and officers asked to see his hands," Chief Craig said. "The man shook his head, 'negative' and there was an exchange of gunfire between this suspect and the SRT officers."
Surveillance video footage from the Third Precinct showed Williams, wearing a mask, a baseball cap and a hooded sweatshirt, standing near the entrance of the Third Precinct holding a Molotov cocktail while other co-conspirators lit the wick.
The officers, the department said, were transported to a local hospital along with a third officer who was injured during the incident.
Investigators say 29-year-old Jose Guzman walked into the Harbor station attacked an officer, took away his gun, and beat the officer with the weapon.
Officers with the Fredericksburg (VA) Police Department have arrested a man suspected to have lit at least two fires outside of local police departments last May.
An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was attacked inside a division station facility by a suspect who allegedly grabbed the officer's sidearm and began "pistol whipping" him with it.
In a second night of unrest in cities across the country, protests that appeared to be mostly peaceful in daylight hours devolved into violence following the approach of night, with one officer in Seattle being attacked with a baseball bat by a rioter as other officers dodged fireworks being thrown at them by the unruly assembly.
A City Council committee on Thursday approved spending $3.6 million to sublease the building for three years and $1.2 million to renovate it. The building is about a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the 3rd Precinct headquarters that was burned by rioters on May 28 after officers were ordered to evacuate.
A Minnesota man is now facing charges for the arson attack on a precinct building in the aftermath of the in-custody death of George Floyd, which sparked violent riots across the country.
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