ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Two teens have been arrested after two police officers were injured by the boys’ fleeing vehicle in St. Paul Sunday evening, according to authorities.
The incident began about 5:30 p.m. when officers spotted a 17-year-old who was a suspect in October shooting. The boy was a passenger in a vehicle in a parking lot, according to police spokesman Steve Linders.
The two officers got out of their squad car and were struck when the suspect’s vehicle sped away. The officer’s unmarked squad was also damaged, police said.
One officer suffered a foot injury and the other was hit in the side by the vehicle’s mirror. Linders said both officers are OK, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
Police pursued the fleeing vehicle, which struck a parked car. The 17-year-old shooting suspect and the 16-year-old driver fled on foot, but were arrested nearby a short time later.
Officers found a loaded gun on the driver’s side floorboard, a police report said.
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