PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Three Pittsburgh police officers and a K-9 were injured Tuesday night while police tried to arrest a wanted man.
According to police, while driving in Lawrenceville, an Allegheny County Deputy Sheriff recognized a man wanted on probation/parole violations in the area of Penn Avenue and Butler Street.
He tried to arrest the man, later identified as John Rush, but Rush resisted, reached for the deputy’s gun and was Tazed by the deputy.
That still didn’t stop Rush, who fled the scene. He was later found to be hiding in a building in the 3700-block of Butler Street.
While searching the building, Pittsburgh Police officers, a K-9 and his handler located Rush hiding in the basement.
Police say Rush lunged forward at the three officers and the K-9, wildly swinging a pocket knife.