Germantown TN officer fires weapon after shoplifting incident at Old Navy
GERMANTOWN, TN December 11 2018- UPDATE — The Germantown officer has been released from the hospital. No arrests have been made at this time. This is still an ongoing investigation.
A Germantown officer is recovering after he was drug by a car following a shoplifting incident.
According to Germantown Police, at approximately 3:56 p.m., officers responded to 7720 Poplar (Old Navy) regarding a shoplifting in progress. Responding officers encountered the suspects as they entered a silver four door sedan.
As the officers attempted to detain the suspects, one officer became entangled in the door and was carried by the vehicle at a high rate of speed from the scene.
The officer discharged his duty weapon and subsequently fell from the vehicle. The suspect vehicle continued from the scene and was last seen by officers westbound on Humphreys Blvd.
The officer was transported to Germantown Methodist Hospital with non life threatening injuries.
According to police, the suspects are described as a female black wearing black pants and a blue jacket with pink tennis shoes, and second heavy set female black wearing a blue jacket and black pants with a white hat. No description is available at this time for the third suspect who was the driver of the vehicle.
This investigation is ongoing.
