WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer shot another officer and a man he was trying to arrest during a confrontation following a traffic stop, authorities said Friday.
Police in Weatherford, west of Fort Worth, said officer Chris Bumpas was conducting the stop Thursday evening when he discovered there was a warrant for the arrest of one of three people in the vehicle.
The man became combative and struck the officer in the head with a metal flashlight, police said in a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page.
The second officer, whom Bumpas had called for backup, couldn’t subdue the suspect using a stun gun so he drew his firearm and fired multiple shots, striking Bumpas and the suspect.