SUSPECT INJURES OFFICER WITH VEHICLE

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By Miriam Raftery

December 23, 2016 (El Cajon) — An El Cajon Police offered suffered a minor injury after he was struck by the door of a vehicle driven by a fleeing suspect.

Last night at 8:06 p.m., officers responded to a report of a person sleeping behind the wheel of a vehicle in a strip mall parking lot in the 100 block of North Second Street. 

The first officer to arrive made contact with the suspect, a white male in his 20s later identified as Kevyn Cummings. The suspect started up the vehicle and quickly backed out, striking the officer with the open door.  The vehicle also hit the officer’s patrol car, damaging the front bumper, says Lt. Royal Bates.

The suspect fled the scene but was later found and arrested using the vehicle’s license plate information.  He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and was booked into County Jail.

The officer was evaluated at a local hospital and released.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the El Cajon Police Department at (619) 579-3311.


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