Police: Warrant suspect injures Marble Falls officer

From staff reports

A Marble Falls police officer was treated for injuries Sept. 20 after during the arrest of a suspect, wanted on a warrant charge, in the HEB grocery store.

The incident happened around 11 a.m. at the store, 1503 FM 1431.

While in the store, a Marble Falls police officer came into contact with a male suspect inside the store, according to the MFPD press release. The suspect attempted to flee.

“The officer pursued the subject and took him into custody,” the release stated. “The officer sustained lacerations to his head during the altercation.”

Several agencies including nearby cities and DPS, responded after hearing the scuffle on the officer’s handheld radio.

The suspect was taken into custody and the officer was transported by ambulancep to Baylor Scott & White Hospital- Marble Falls for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

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