LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that an officer was transported to the hospital as they were chasing a suspect with a stolen vehicle.
The officer was taken to the hospital only as a precaution according to police.
On Tuesday afternoon, LVMPD patrol units located a stolen vehicle near the Las Vegas Strip.
Officers attempted a vehicle stop at which time the suspect fled. A short time later, the vehicle was reacquired, and another vehicle stop was attempted. The suspect stopped and then intentionally struck a marked patrol unit near Paradise Road and Twain Avenue and fled again.
The LVMPD Air Unit arrived and followed the suspect vehicle to Oakey and Rexford where it collided into a parked vehicle. The suspect was taken into custody by arriving patrol officers.
Police said this is an ongoing investigation. These details are preliminary and may change after further investigation.
