CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer is facing minor injuries after a driver hit him with their car in west Charlotte Friday afternoon.
Officers said a pursuit ensued as a result of the officer being struck on Sharonbrook Drive.
The pursuit continued into South Carolina with the suspect driving around 100 mph.
The suspect was taken into custody near the 3000 block of Saluda Road in Rock Hill, police said.
The officer struck was not taken to the hospital as a result of his injuries.
CMPD said this is the third chase the department has seen this week.
On Wednesday, a chase that lasted around two hours all over the city of Charlotte ended in a violent crash in the city's South End neighborhood that afternoon.
During the chase, the suspect stole three additional vehicles, including one he's accused of carjacking after a crash near the popular Ballantyne Hotel.
The suspect was booked early Thursday morning and charged with:
- Four counts of vehicle theft
- Three felony counts of larceny of a motor vehicle
- One misdemeanor count of vehicle larceny
- Second-degree burglary
- Two counts of felony hit-and-run
- Breaking and entering
- Possession of a stolen vehicle.
Coincidentally, WCNC Charlotte has spent months investigating the impact of police pursuits on innocent bystanders. On the eve of Wednesday's pursuit, WCNC Charlotte published "In Pursuit," which revealed the number of CMPD pursuits has more than quadrupled over the last decade.
Check back with WCNC Charlotte as this story develops.