North Carolina: Officer struck by vehicle after suspected drug deal
A Greensboro police officer is in the hospital for multiple injuries he suffered when a suspect’s vehicle struck him during a traffic stop Thursday evening, police said. The officers were pulling over an SUV, which they suspected was involved in a drug transaction on Wendover Avenue.
Officer T.J. Kilmer, who was the passenger in the police vehicle, was struck when the vehicle accelerated toward him. The impact pushed him into another vehicle then knocked him to the ground. In response, Kilmer fired his weapon several times in an attempt to stop the attack. The rounds did not strike anyone.
The two people inside the SUV were apprehended by the officers.
The incident unfolded shortly after 8 p.m., when the two officers from the Greensboro Police Department, who were working off-duty assignments, saw at least two hand-to-hand drug deals in the parking lot of a KT Express on Wendover Avenue.
After the transactions were completed, the officers observed two vehicles leave the parking lot and proceeded to stop the third vehicle, which was the SUV.
Medical officials describe Kilmer’s injuries from the SUV as non-life threatening.
Two other officers saw one of the suspect vehicles in the vicinity of Textile Drive. Police said the occupant ran off by foot after they were stopped. After a brief foot chase, the person was taken into custody.
The suspect in the third vehicle has been identified as 26-year-old Ryan Lamar Parsons. He is charged with assault inflicting serious injury on a government official.
The officers were working for the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission.
Per policy, a separate investigation into the officer shooting will be conducted. Both officers will be placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
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