A Phoenix police officer was hospitalized May 30 following an altercation in south Phoenix that left her with broken bones.
The officer responded to reports of a person banging on the windows of a business near 19th and Southern avenues, scaring patrons inside, Sgt. Brian Bower, a Phoenix police spokesperson, told reporters at a news conference.
The man began an “active fight” with the officer when she informed him that police were investigating the incident, Bower said.
The man struck the officer in the head, and she fell to the ground, “not very responsive and bleeding,” Bower said. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Bower described the officer as “young” with six years of service in the department and said she was being treated for broken bones in her lower leg.
The man was taken into custody.
Neither the officer nor the man was identified by police.
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