MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee police officer was injured by a police vehicle in a chase with a suspect wanted for a carjacking and shooting.
Valerie Langston had just sat down with a cup of tea when she heard at least ten police cars fly by her house.
"Something is always happening on the expressway. I started hearing a lot of police cars and thought maybe it was a crash," Langston recalled.
Those police officers were responding near the on-ramp by N. 37th Street and W. Park Hill Avenue, right in front of Valerie's home.
Milwaukee Police said that an officer was struck trying to help a pursuit.
"I'm not feeling a solution or offer of one. All of its bad," Langston said. "Just try to live another day. Let others live to see another day."
The chase started around 4 p.m. at North 107th Street and Good Hope Road.
During the pursuit, an officer was deploying stop sticks, a tool used to pop tires, from a median on the on-ramp near N. 37th Street and W. Park Hill Avenue.
Police said the the fleeing driver jumped over the median and the officer moved out of the way.
That's when he was struck by one of the pursuing squad cars, according to a press release from the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD).
The 30-year-old officer was taken to the hospital for "serious, but non-fatal injuries," according to the MPD.
Police tended to the struck officer and gave up the pursuit.
The 35th Street exit on I-94 was closed, resulting in an hours-long closure and traffic backups around 5 p.m. along the stretch of I-94.
The exit and lanes were re-opened around 8:20 p.m.
The MPD is seeking unknown suspects and the vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to contact the MPD at (414) 935-7360 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-Tips/.
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