CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (AP) -- A Corpus Christi police officer was struck and killed by a sport-utility vehicle police were chasing after a disturbance call.
Police are withholding the 20-year veteran's identity until relatives are notified.
A police statement says officers went to a house across the street from Laguna Park in southwest Corpus Christi just before midnight. After a brief struggle, a 21-year-old male suspect broke free and sped away in an SUV. During the pursuit, the vehicle hit an officer who was standing on beside Texas 358 westbound. He died a short time later at Spohn Memorial Hospital.
The police statement says officers later shot and wounded the suspect after he rammed their cars with the SUV. He's hospitalized with what police say are non-life-threatening wounds. His identity hasn't been released.
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