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Article: Man tries to hit officer with car
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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WEST VALLEY CITY -- A police officer fired two shots Wednesday
night at a man who tried to hit the officer with his car.
Neither man was injured, but the man who attempted to injure the
cop was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail.
The incident began about 7:45 p.m. while police were in the area
of 6900 S. State looking for a man they suspected was involved in a
hit-and-run accident a few days earlier, said West Valley Police
Capt. Tom McLachlan. In that incident, police say a man hit a
vehicle and then told the victim, "I've had a few beers, I'm getting
out of here," before taking off.
On Wednesday, an officer spotted the man he was looking for and
attempted to stop him. The ...