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Man Bites Cop: Assault Suspect Takes Choppers to Phoenix Policeman After He's Shot by Officers
Phoenix New Times ^ | 2/19/10 | James King

Posted on 02/19/2010 4:05:09 PM PST by nickcarraway

A Phoenix man seems to have confused the iconic message of McGruff the Crime Dog.

Rather than taking a bite outta crime, the man took a bite out of a cop last night after assaulting a woman, trying to steal a car, and getting shot by an officer.

Last night around 10, two men, whose names have not been released, walked through the drive-through of a Church's Chicken on Thomas Road in Phoenix.

The men reached through the window and assaulted a 17-year-old girl working at the restaurant, police say.

When police arrived on the scene, the men were no longer at the Church's. One had fled the scene, the other was across the street in a CVS parking lot assaulting another victim in what police believe was an attempt to steal the person's car.

The officer who arrived on the scene told the man to stop assaulting the victim. The man complied -- sort of.

The suspect moved on to attacking the officer, who after telling him to stop, drew his gun and shot the man.

Unfortunately, he didn't shoot him well enough, because the suspect continued to assault the officer and resist arrest.

Five more officers showed up to help subdue the man, and in the process of restraining him, the man took a bite out of one of the officers forearms, breaking the skin.

After the struggle seemed to end, the fire department showed up and strapped the handcuffed suspect to a gurney.

The suspect -- who at this point had assaulted three people (including a cop) been shot, bitten a police officer, and been shackled to a medical gurney -- wasn't done yet.

He managed to slide the handcuffs under his legs to the front of his body and again started to attack officers and medical staff.

The man was then hit twice with a Taser before police were finally able to control him.

Both the man and the bitten officer were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.


TOPICS: Food; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crime; journalism; manbitesdog; napl; phoenix

1 posted on 02/19/2010 4:05:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows

Man Bites Dog Story


2 posted on 02/19/2010 4:05:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
MMMMM... bacon...

I'm sorry, i couldn't resist.
3 posted on 02/19/2010 4:06:38 PM PST by Rodebrecht (No army can stop an idea whose time has come.)
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To: nickcarraway

Never bring teeth to a gunfight?


4 posted on 02/19/2010 4:09:49 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: ozzymandus

Never bring a gun to a teethbite?


5 posted on 02/19/2010 4:12:04 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

That’s some good PCP!


6 posted on 02/19/2010 4:18:34 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68
That’s some good PCP Church's Extra Spicy Chicken!
7 posted on 02/19/2010 4:36:07 PM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: Drew68
No, it's MMMMM, that's some good PCP.
8 posted on 02/19/2010 4:44:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Man Bites Dog Story

Indeed.


9 posted on 02/19/2010 10:41:14 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Jim Robinson is the onle person that sweets proper nut sweet. leave the man alone."--Sarah-bot)
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To: nickcarraway

I thought PCP was long out of style.


10 posted on 02/19/2010 11:28:29 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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To: nickcarraway
Unfortunately, he didn't shoot him well enough, because the suspect continued to assault the officer and resist arrest.

That's funny,....is this a real newspaper?

11 posted on 02/20/2010 6:08:49 AM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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