The officer was responding to a domestic violence call at the Clarkston Station Apartments early Sunday morning.
Credit: Clarkston Police Department Author: Jason Braverman (11Alive) Updated: 10:16 AM EDT April 25, 2021
CLARKSTON, Ga. Officers were able to use license plate cameras to identify the car the struck a Clarkston Police officer early Sunday morning.
At around 12:40 am Clarkston Police responded to Clarkston Station Apartments for a domestic violence call where they said a suspect was armed with a firearm and had shot two cars in the parking lot.
When officers arrived and approached the apartment on foot, they saw the suspect get in his car. They said they began giving verbal commands to stop, however, the suspect accelerated and struck an officer with his car.
A suspect accused of striking a Clarkston police officer with a car is in custody, police say. The Clarkston Police Department officer has since been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.