The officer was critically injured and could also be paralyzed for the remainder of his life
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Officer Patrick Kepp is combating for his life after a suspected DUI driver hit him within the early hours of October 18. Particulars of the incident point out that the teenager driver of a Dodge Challenger deliberately hit Kepp. That driver, 19-year-old Raphael Mayorga, is being charged with tried first-degree homicide, amongst different issues.
Police Chief Marcus Jones says that that is removed from the division’s first contact with Mayorga. Evidently the teenager is considerably well-known within the division and even to Kepp particularly for scary officers to chase him.
“Between April 28 and June 1 of this 12 months, on 4 separate events, he [Mayorga] baited the police right here in Montgomery County into high-speed chases alongside 270. That was successfully what he was doing once more on this explicit night,” stated Montgomery County State’s Lawyer John McCarthy, in accordance with Fox5. “Throughout a few of the earlier chases, they [police] would really make cellphone calls to him. They knew who he was, he knew who they have been, and he dared them to attempt to catch him.”
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Montgomery police determined to make use of a distinct technique to apprehend Mayorga on this case. As an alternative of straight chasing him, police arrange a sequence of officers at numerous areas to trace the Dodge. They declare to have seen him driving at over 110 mph (177 km/h). Then, at one level they determined to deploy cease sticks in an effort to cease the automobile. That’s when Kepp exited his automobile to finish that process.
In line with Jones, there may be clear video proof (not but launched) that exhibits Mayorga touring throughout a number of lanes to deliberately hit Kepp. After the influence, it was Kepp himself who really referred to as in EMS to get assist. Jones stated in a press convention that with out that on-scene assist, Kepp seemingly would’ve died. A helicopter rushed the officer to the hospital however as of this writing, it seems that he’s misplaced the usage of his legs.
The teenager driver didn’t make it a lot additional. A second officer efficiently deployed cease sticks and introduced the chase to an finish. Police arrested Mayorga and yet one more passenger. In line with authorities, that passenger is not going to be charged however as an alternative can be handled as a witness.
County Govt Marc Elrich additionally spoke on the press convention and advised altering laws in an effort to finish the kind of conduct that the driving force was recognized for. “This shouldn’t be handled as a daily visitors incident and we should always speak to our legislators a few approach of criminalizing this otherwise, this can be a deliberate motion and never only a visitors violation, ” he stated.