the officer tied his own tourniquet before his partner raced him to the hospital. i m lucy noland. i m iain page. the suggestion inspected shooter in custody tonight. police arrested scott griffin early this this afternoon. he and another man commit add robbery before the carjacking that had officer mccullough and his partner chasing them. police say griffin turned and fired hitting mccullough. investigators say he s got a lengthy criminal past and just got out of jail last week. fox 29 s dave schratwieser is live at the criminal justice center tonight. dave, why was this guy on the streets? reporter: well, iain works witnesses who were supposed to testify against griffin in a gun case here failed to show up in court. the judge dismissed the charges. but police tell us tonight it s not the first time griffin has been in court. he s been arrested 14 times. charges dismissed he s right back out the next day. reporter: court records show accused of gunman scott griffin
been in court. he s been arrested 14 times. charges dismissed he s right back out the next day. reporter: court records show accused of gunman scott griffin on the streets sunday night allegedly firing at officer mccullough despite the fact he was arrest the last month on gun charges but those charges were dismissed in court last week when two witnesses failed to appear. griffin was released from jail before the charges could be reinstated by the da the very next day. the witnesses don t show. i mean that s,, what are you going to do. 14 priors at the age of 23. that s a recipe for disaster. egg a dangerous individual obviously. we re very happy to get him off the streets as quickly as we d did. it was just after 1:00 o clock monday when police swooped down on the 1200 block of north alden street and arrested griffin for the shooting of officer mccullough sunday night 59th and market. it s amazing that, again, much like officer hartnett that he didn t succumb to m
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