Vehicle plows into Phoenix officers standing outside QuikTrip convenience store
The man accused of striking three police officers with his vehicle at a Phoenix QuikTrip early Tuesday has been identified as 44-year-old Marc LaQuon Payne.
An angry Phoenix Police Chief Joe Yahner played a video showing a vehicle pulling out of a parking space, circling the parking lot and then accelerating toward the police officers outside the convenience store.
In an early-afternoon press conference, Yahner said two officers were seriously injured and the driver will be booked on three charges of attempted first-degree murder.
"I’m very proud of the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department, and I'm outraged by this incident," Yahner said.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2016/09/13/police-three-phoenix-officers-injured-after-suspect-drove-into-them/90296078/
