Bodycam video shows fleeing suspect hit Bradenton lieutenant with car
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Bradenton, FL - Newly released body camera video shows the moments before a man rammed into two Bradenton Police officers in a Wawa parking lot and fled the scene.
Around 3:22 a.m. on Sunday, BPD responded to a Wawa following reports of a man with a gun who was causing a disturbance.
Two officers, Lieutenant Perry Merill and Officer John Bembry, approached the man, 35-year-old Dejerrian Murray, as he was getting into his car in the parking lot, according to BPD.
The body camera worn by one of the officers, Lieutenant Perry Merill, captures him and Officer Bembry approaching Murray, guns drawn, as he is getting into his car.
In the video, the two are shown attempting to pull Merill out of the vehicle before he suddenly reverses, striking them at a high speed.
Officer Merill suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result. He was released from the ICU on Monday afternoon.