Officer hit by Car thief

The Henderson Police Department released its full briefing on an officer-involved shooting in January, including the radio communication and body camera footage from the incident.

On Jan. 13, Sgt. Scott Alward fired his weapon at Johnathan Gaston, 43, after Gaston drove a black Jeep Liberty into him, police said.

The event began just before 1 p.m. when a Henderson automatic license plate reader detected a stolen license plate on the Jeep, Itzhak Henn, deputy chief of the department’s operations bureau, said in a video released Thursday.

Alward responded and found the Jeep in the parking lot of 120 E. Lake Mead Parkway. Gaston drove into Alward’s car, which sent Alward 65 feet from where he was initially hit, Henn said.

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The Jeep then hit two other cars before getting out and going inside Chase Bank, where officers found him suffering from a gunshot wound to his right arm.