LARGO, Fla. — A police officer shot and killed a suspect who was trying to pin him with a car, authorities on Florida’s Gulf Coast said Friday. Largo Police Lt. Randall Chaney told news reporters Friday night that it happened at 5:55 p.m. when officer Matthew Steiner attempted to stop a driver at a gas station and the driver used the car to try to pin him in the area near the gas pumps. Chaney said the officer was also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He could not say what triggered the incident or why Steiner attempted to stop the driver, who was the only occupant of the car. He said the incident escalated rapidly and the driver “went right a resistive attitude and action.” Chaney said Steiner’s actions may have stopped others from being injured or killed.

Source: National Post March 24, 2018 02:01 UTC