Man arrested, accused of injuring Henderson police sergeant
The Henderson Police Department arrested a man it said drove into a sergeant’s car in a Jeep with a stolen license plate, sending the officer to the hospital.
The incident began at 1 p.m. Monday, when a Henderson automatic license plate reader detected a stolen license plate on a Jeep parked in the parking lot of 120 E. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson police Sgt. Daniel Medrano said Monday afternoon.
The driver of the Jeep was later identified as 43-year-old Johnathan Gaston, police announced Monday evening.
When a police sergeant tried to make contact with the Jeep, Gaston allegedly drove the Jeep into the officer, according to police.
The sergeant then fired his weapon at the Jeep and hit Gaston in the arm, police said.
Police said Gaston drove away and crashed into another car in a nearby parking lot at 200 E. Lake Mead Parkway.
He then ran away before being apprehended at a nearby business, which Medrano did not disclose.
Gaston and the officer were both transported to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Medrano said.
After treatment, Gaston was booked into the Henderson Detention Center on suspicion of one count of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, one count of resisting an officer with a deadly weapon, one count of a duty to stop at an accident resulting in injury, and one count of battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm.
The sergeant was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, police said. The department will release his name within 48 hours.
The passenger of the Jeep was brought in for questioning but later released.
The shopping area near a Walmart, which includes Chase Bank, Little Caesars and Panda Express, was closed off and lined with police cars for several hours on Monday.
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