Suspect arrested after striking officer with vehicle, then shot at by police in East Baltimore
BALTIMORE - A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly striking an officer with a car before the officer fired back at him Sunday evening in East Baltimore.
Willie Millings, who was not struck by a bullet, has been charged with two counts of Assault on a Police Officer.
He is held in jail without bail.
Around 8:46 p.m., police and Foxtrot responded to the 1200 block of E. North Avenue for reports of an armed person.
Police said the suspect got into a vehicle and officers attempted to stop the vehicle in the 1900 block of Aisquith Street. Police said the suspect struck the officer with the vehicle.
The officer then fired a shot in the suspect's direction, police said. The suspect attempted to run but was then arrested in the area of Holbrook and Ensor streets.
The officer was taken to the hospital for treatment.
A section of the street near the Carroll Motor Fuels was taped off.
The Baltimore Police Department's Special Investigations Response Team (SIRT) is investigating this incident.
