4 Boston Police Officers Hospitalized After Being Dragged, Struck by Vehicle

Update from Boston Police Department: At about 10:20 a.m., officers assigned to the Youth Violence Strike Force arrested Vincent Weaks, 34, of Roxbury, after locating him on Greenwood Street in Roxbury. He will appear in Roxbury District Court on charges of Assault & Battery by means of a Dangerous Weapon, likely Friday afternoon, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

BOSTON, MA — Four Boston Police officers were hospitalized and released Wednesday, after being either hit or dragged by a suspect's vehicle in Dorchester early this morning.

According to the Boston Police Department, the incident began just before 1 a.m. as officers responded to a call about a person with a gun on Stoughton Street.

When they got to the scene, police said officers approached a car parked on the street with a person matching the suspect's description sitting behind the wheel. Officers approached and ordered the driver out of the vehicle, at which time police said he attempted to flee the scene.

According to police:

Two officers began to struggle with the suspect, one on the driver’s side, the other on the passenger’s side as they tried to take the keys out of the ignition and gain control of the suspect's hands. The suspect was able to get the vehicle in gear and accelerate away, dragging the officers with him as he fled. Two other officers who were coming to their aid were also struck by the front of the vehicle, causing them to fall to the ground. After about twenty feet, the two officers who were being dragged were thrown from the vehicle and landed on the street. Additional responding officers followed the suspect vehicle but lost it in the area of Draper Street.

The suspect and the suspect vehicle remain at large at this time.

All four officers were transported to an area hospital and have since been released after being treated for a variety of non-life threatening injuries.

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