Overview
- Police say a white 2021 Mercedes SUV intentionally rammed a patrol car and struck an officer in the DoubleTree hotel parking lot near the Plymouth Meeting Mall around 12:40 p.m.
- The officer fired at the vehicle, which initially fled, then returned while the officer was applying a tourniquet and struck him three more times, for a total of four impacts.
- A second officer was injured when the suspect hit another police vehicle during the response, according to county detectives.
- The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the officer’s discharge of a firearm, and investigators have not confirmed whether the suspect was hit.
- The driver was taken into custody and hospitalized at Abington Hospital, and both injured Plymouth Township officers were hospitalized in stable condition.