Suspect arrested after striking officer with vehicle, then shot at by police in East Baltimore
BALTIMORE - A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly striking an officer with a car before the officer fired back at him Sunday evening in East Baltimore.
Willie Millings, who was not struck by a bullet, has been charged with two counts of Assault on a Police Officer.
He is held in jail without bail.
Info from the police union.
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Around 8:46 p.m., police and Foxtrot responded to the 1200 block of E. North Avenue for reports of an armed person.
Police said the suspect got into a vehicle and officers attempted to stop the vehicle in the 1900 block of Aisquith Street. Police said the suspect struck the officer with the vehicle.
The officer then fired a shot in the suspect's direction, police said. The suspect attempted to run but was then arrested in the area of Holbrook and Ensor streets.
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A section of the street has been taped off.
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The officer was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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A section of the street near the Carroll Motor Fuels was taped off.
The Baltimore Police Department's Special Investigations Response Team (SIRT) is investigating this incident.