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SUV Located After Hit-And-Run Involving Motorcycle Officer

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they've found an SUV involved in a hit-and-run in which a motorcycle officer was injured but that the SUV's driver remained at large.

 

Police say the officer's injuries were minor and that the blue four-door Mercedes SUV was found abandoned about a mile from where the officer was struck during a traffic stop Wednesday morning.

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Police Lt. Jason Johannson said the officer has stopped behind the SUV before it shifted into reverse, intentionally hitting the officer and his motorcycle.

 

The SUV then left the scene.

 

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Johannson said two men were in the SUV.