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February 7, 2003, 12:23 AM
Hurst police officer involved in shooting
02/06/2003
By DEBRA DENNIS / The Dallas Morning News
A Hurst tactical police officer shot a 38-year-old suspect as they were attempting to serve a search and arrest warrant Wednesday night, authorities said.
The unidentified Hurst man was shot two to three times at his apartment after trying to grab the officer's MP-5 submachine gun, said Assistant Police Chief Richard Winstanley.
"The suspect had an unknown object in his hand and physically grabbed the officer and the barrel of the officer's gun," he said.
The suspect was treated by paramedics at the scene and transported to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. His injuries are not life threatening, police said.
Another woman who was home at the time was not injured and not arrested. No officers were injured.
The officer who fired the shots was assisting the Metro Narcotics Intelligence Coordination Unit, a multi-jurisdictional drug task force composed of officers from several Tarrant County cities.
The unit was serving a no-knock warrant about 7:19 p.m. at the apartment in the 500 block of Brown Trail. The warrant allows police to enter without first knocking.
The unidentified officer, an eight-year veteran, was the first officer through the door and dressed in tactical attire that identified him as a police officer, authorities said. He has been placed on paid administrative leave pending investigations by Hurst police, officials said.
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02/06/2003
By DEBRA DENNIS / The Dallas Morning News
A Hurst tactical police officer shot a 38-year-old suspect as they were attempting to serve a search and arrest warrant Wednesday night, authorities said.
The unidentified Hurst man was shot two to three times at his apartment after trying to grab the officer's MP-5 submachine gun, said Assistant Police Chief Richard Winstanley.
"The suspect had an unknown object in his hand and physically grabbed the officer and the barrel of the officer's gun," he said.
The suspect was treated by paramedics at the scene and transported to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. His injuries are not life threatening, police said.
Another woman who was home at the time was not injured and not arrested. No officers were injured.
The officer who fired the shots was assisting the Metro Narcotics Intelligence Coordination Unit, a multi-jurisdictional drug task force composed of officers from several Tarrant County cities.
The unit was serving a no-knock warrant about 7:19 p.m. at the apartment in the 500 block of Brown Trail. The warrant allows police to enter without first knocking.
The unidentified officer, an eight-year veteran, was the first officer through the door and dressed in tactical attire that identified him as a police officer, authorities said. He has been placed on paid administrative leave pending investigations by Hurst police, officials said.
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