KPHO/KTVK in Phoenix reports that three police officers were injured early Tuesday when a man plowed into them before smashing his car through the front window of a QuikTrip convenience store. The incident was captured on the store’s security cameras.
#BREAKING :3 officers injured after car smashes into them in front of QT near 25th Ave/ Camelback. #azfamily #cbs5az pic.twitter.com/XkkOY4U5VO
— Marc Liverman (@MarcLiverman) September 13, 2016
3 Phoenix police officers hit by car at QT; appears intentionalhttps://t.co/IkEcdBU9nS pic.twitter.com/dxJKNXBfeK
— azfamily 3TV CBS 5 (@azfamily) September 13, 2016
GRAPHIC: gas station surveillance video of man ramming PHX police officers released pic.twitter.com/RzjhN2niQ5
— Lauren Reimer (@LaurenReimerTV) September 13, 2016
Police are confident that the attack was intentional. The driver of the car, Marc Laquon Payne, 44, was hospitalized after the incident.
Suspect 44 yo Marc Laquon Payne to be booked on 3 counts att. 1st degree murder of police officers, 2 counts agg. assault on QT employees
— Lauren Reimer (@LaurenReimerTV) September 13, 2016
“These officers could have easily been killed and I thank god we’re not planning three funerals right now.” – Chief Joseph Yahner
— Lauren Reimer (@LaurenReimerTV) September 13, 2016
Suspect accused of running over 3 Phoenix officers taken to jail; Marc L Payne facing 3 cts att murder #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/C1XsMvS5dw
— Nicole Garcia Fox10 (@Fox10_NicoleG) September 14, 2016
Marc L Payne previously arrested for assaulting 3 Phoenix officers in 1997. Now faces attempt murder #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/qiaxWPdAAB
— Nicole Garcia Fox10 (@Fox10_NicoleG) September 14, 2016
Marc L Payne was booked into MCSO Jail by Phoenix Pd after he struck 3 PPD Officers with his vehicle at a QT pic.twitter.com/kzpfTStsTT
— @SgtJEnriquez (@SgtJEnriquez) September 14, 2016
“Our Phoenix police officers were targeted,” said Phoenix police chief Joe Yahner. “We have all heard about officers being targeted and ambushed across this nation. But this happened here. This happened in Phoenix.”
One officer suffered a broken leg and another, a rookie officer spending his first day on the street, a head injury. The third officer managed to jump out of the way but suffered minor injuries during the arrest.
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