An officer with the Garden Grove Police Department was hospitalized after being hit by a car during a foot pursuit early Sunday morning.
According to a social media post from the department, officers were in the area of Brookhurst Street and Stanford Avenue investigating an assault with a deadly weapon just after midnight. Preliminary information from the scene indicates a man was threatening a store clerk with a knife.
“Officers attempted to detain a male subject armed with a knife who was involved in the altercation,” GGPD stated. “The suspect ignored officers’ commands and a foot pursuit ensued.”
It was during the foot pursuit that an officer was struck by an unrelated vehicle traveling on Brookhurst, the department said…