Crystal officer struck by car trying to flee police
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Updated: 5:25 p.m.
A Crystal police officer is recovering after being struck Thursday by a car trying to flee police, authorities said.
The chase began after 1 p.m. after a State Patrol trooper tried to stop a vehicle for speeding. The driver would not stop and led troopers on a chase.
After being boxed in by State Patrol and Crystal police squad cars, the vehicle tried to flee again and ran over the officer as well as damaging several police cars, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The officer was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and is expected to be released from the hospital Friday.
Another officer fired at the car after it struck the Crystal officer. Crystal Police Chief Stephanie Revering said one officer fired at the vehicle, but no one was injured from the gunshot.
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Hennepin County prosecutors Friday charged 18-year-old Shi Sho of Des Moines, Iowa, with assault and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle — both felonies.
According to the criminal complaint, Sho put the vehicle in reverse after police surrounded it and pinned an officer against a squad car. Prosecutors say bystander video shows the suspect's vehicle moving forward, knocking the officer to the ground, and then running over her legs.
Three people in the car were taken into custody. The officer who fired is on standard administrative leave.
The Minnesota BCA is investigating.
MPR News reporter Matt Sepic contributed to this story.
