ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) - A coroner’s investigator has identified a driver who was fatally shot by a police officer after running over the officer’s foot and dragging another officer in Ashtabula (ash-tuh-BYOO’-luh), in northeast Ohio.
The investigator says 26-year-old Evan Cox, of Ashtabula, was shot from behind in each shoulder Tuesday while trying to drive away from three officers who’d stopped him moments after a video store robbery. The investigator says additional rounds hit the trunk and windshield.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is reviewing what happened. A spokeswoman for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office says cash in a video store bag and an Airsoft-type pellet gun were found in Cox’s car.
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Ashtabula’s police chief says the officer whose foot was run over received hospital treatment. The officer who was dragged wasn’t hurt.
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