Officer run over trying to stop stolen car

Marshall County K-9 officer run over trying to stop stolen car.

Posted: Apr 7, 2020 9:20 AM

Posted By: Associated Press

MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a Mississippi officer is being hospitalized after being run over by two suspects in a stolen car Monday afternoon.

Sheriff Dickerson says the K-9 officer was attempting to stop the vehicle that was being pursued and the officer went partially under the car and got hit around the waist and back.

WMC-TV reports Robert Darnell Watkins was arrested on scene and charged with attempted murder. The passenger riding with 36-year-old Watkins has not been charged with a crime.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

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Confirmed Cases: 15752

Reported Deaths: 739

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	1006	25
Lauderdale	738	62
Madison	724	23
Scott	650	12
Neshoba	646	39
Jones	629	28
Forrest	564	38
DeSoto	542	7
Rankin	439	8
Holmes	429	28
Leake	427	12
Copiah	312	4
Jackson	308	13
Attala	298	17
Yazoo	281	4
Newton	271	4
Leflore	264	31
Lincoln	263	29
Harrison	258	7
Monroe	257	25
Oktibbeha	239	12
Lamar	238	5
Lowndes	211	9
Pearl River	209	31
Wayne	204	1
Pike	203	11
Adams	199	15
Noxubee	186	6
Washington	178	7
Warren	173	10
Covington	165	2
Jasper	163	4
Bolivar	162	11
Lee	153	6
Smith	152	11
Kemper	144	11
Clarke	144	18
Lafayette	136	4
Chickasaw	135	12
Coahoma	125	4
Carroll	117	11
Winston	117	1
Marion	115	9
Clay	112	4
Claiborne	111	2
Lawrence	102	1
Simpson	101	0
Tate	94	1
Grenada	94	3
Yalobusha	93	5
Hancock	91	11
Wilkinson	88	9
Itawamba	87	7
Montgomery	85	1
Sunflower	84	3
Union	83	5
Marshall	83	3
Jefferson Davis	77	3
Tippah	73	11
Panola	71	3
Webster	69	2
Calhoun	65	4
Amite	64	1
Humphreys	60	7
Walthall	56	0
Tunica	55	3
Prentiss	53	3
Perry	50	3
Choctaw	43	2
Jefferson	42	1
Pontotoc	35	3
Quitman	33	0
Tishomingo	32	0
Stone	30	0
Franklin	29	2
Tallahatchie	27	1
George	25	1
Alcorn	17	1
Benton	15	0
Greene	13	1
Sharkey	7	0
Unassigned	0	0

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Confirmed Cases: 18246

Reported Deaths: 644

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Mobile	2239	116
Jefferson	1837	102
Montgomery	1710	40
Tuscaloosa	783	15
Marshall	693	9
Franklin	556	7
Lee	548	33
Shelby	517	20
Tallapoosa	427	65
Butler	411	18
Chambers	355	25
Walker	354	2
Elmore	354	8
Madison	339	4
Baldwin	290	9
Morgan	280	1
Dallas	272	3
Etowah	257	11
DeKalb	248	3
Lowndes	246	12
Coffee	236	1
Sumter	224	7
Autauga	221	4
Houston	220	4
Bullock	209	5
Pike	203	0
Colbert	184	2
Hale	173	9
Russell	171	0
Marengo	170	6
Barbour	167	1
Lauderdale	164	2
Calhoun	160	3
Choctaw	153	8
Wilcox	148	7
Clarke	144	2
Cullman	143	0
Randolph	127	7
St. Clair	123	1
Marion	122	11
Pickens	116	4
Dale	115	0
Talladega	113	5
Limestone	106	0
Chilton	101	1
Greene	94	4
Winston	90	0
Macon	82	4
Henry	80	2
Covington	80	1
Jackson	78	2
Crenshaw	75	3
Bibb	75	1
Washington	70	6
Escambia	63	3
Blount	62	1
Lawrence	50	0
Geneva	43	0
Conecuh	41	1
Coosa	40	1
Monroe	40	2
Perry	39	0
Cherokee	37	3
Clay	27	2
Lamar	26	0
Fayette	16	0
Cleburne	15	1
Unassigned	0	0