LF: Shocking moment driver 'intentionally plows into three Phoenix cops' - one a rookie on his first day of training

Title: Shocking moment driver 'intentionally plows into three Phoenix cops' - one a rookie on his first day of training - outside a gas station
Source: Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... -attempted-murder-charges.html
Published: Sep 14, 2016
Author: Associated Press and James Wilkinson For
Post Date: 2016-09-14 09:37:47 by cranky
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This is the horrifying moment a driver smashed into three police officers at a Phoenix gas station, sending one literally flying head over heels in the air.

Marc LaQuon Payne, 44, drove his vehicle into the officers before hitting a patrol car and crashing into the front of the QuikTrip store around 2am Tuesday, CBS reported.

All three cops survived the shocking incident - which authorities believe was 'intentional' - but as this chilling video shows, it was a close-run thing.

Racing: A red sedan is seen in gas station CCTV footage reversing into a parking place (left), waiting, and then racing out (right) towards cops at 2am Tuesday in Phoenix

Unaware: Three police officers - aged 41, 36 and 33 - chat across the lot, unaware of what is about to happen, as the red car picks up speed. It was the 33-year-old's first day on the job

Collision: The car is then seen colliding with the officers. Police say the driver was Marc Laquon Payne, 44. He's been charged with three counts of attempted murder

Four CCTV videos show a red sedan driving into the gas station, pausing for a time by a pump, and then doing a three-point turn, parking with its back to a wall.

Across the parking lot from the car are three cops, standing around a police SUV talking.

Suddenly, the lights on the red sedan turn on and the car races across the lot at the three officers.

One dives out of the way; another appears to be struck by the car and rolls to the side - and the third officer, a rookie, is flipped head over heels and lands on the car's hood.

The car itself strikes the SUV, then smashes through the window of the gas station, sending shelves inside flying.

Struck: One officer managed to dive out of the way; another took a glancing blow; and a 33-year-old was flipped head over heels (his legs can be seen between the two vehicles)

Crash: Inside the gas station (left) all seems quiet at first. But then the red sedan comes smashing through the front window having bounced off the cop SUV (right)

Aftermath: One cop is seen lying on the floor; a second behind the police SUV, and the third - the rookie - is behind the cop SUV on the hood of the red car

The officer who dived out of the way runs around the vehicle and grabs a man - presumably Payne - before tussling with him.

A second man, who appears to be the rookie that was sent flying, joins in and the two struggle to contain the suspect.

Finally, the suspect is hit with a stun gun, pushed down to the ground and handcuffed.

The three officers involved in the incident are not being named, but have been described as a 41-year-old police sergeant who suffered a broken leg, a 36-year-old veteran officer who had minor injuries and a 33-year-old officer.

The 33-year-old was on his first day of training, and suffered a head injury, azfamily reported. All went to hospital for treatment.

Struggle: Two officers (pictured top-left, one with stun gun outstretched, the other on one knee with the suspect between them) are seen struggling after the crash

Down: Finally, the suspect is pulled down and handcuffed. Payne and the cops were all sent to hospital. Payne was also charged with aggravated assault as he almost hurt people in the store

Payne was taken to a hospital in serious condition and is expected to be booked into jail after he's released, according to police who believe he was driving impaired.

He is facing three counts of attempted first-degree murder, as well as two counts of aggravated assault because of how close he came to hitting the clerks in the store.

'We are confident that this is an intentional act,' Phoenix Police chief Joseph Yahner said at an afternoon news conference.

'Our officers were targeted. I'm outraged by this incident. This stuff needs to stop.'

Targeted: Police said they were targeted in the attack, and that Payne was 'driving impaired'