Suspect arrested in hit-and-run of bike officer during looting
Officer Antonio Nieves suffered multiple broken bones during the May 30 incident.
A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of running over a police officer and then fleeing the scene in Center City on May 30 during the first night of protests of the death of George Floyd, police said Monday.
Angela Hall, 41, of the 5400 block of Harley Terrace in Southwest Philadelphia, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses.
Officer Antonio Nieves of the Ninth District was on bike patrol attempting to stop a vehicle for suspected looting just after 10:10 p.m. in the 700 block of Chestnut Street when he was run over by the vehicle, which then took off, police said.
Nieves was still in the hospital Monday night recovering from multiple broken bones, police said.