Crime & Safety
Teens Attack, Take Off-Duty Cleveland Cop's Gun
The unidentified police officer was working security at an eastside Taco Bell.
CLEVELAND, OH – Two older boys attacked a uniformed, off-duty police officer as she worked security at a Taco Bell restaurants on the city’s east side, Thursday evening. The boys took her gun, as well, according to police reports.
The officer was escorting a customer to a vehicle in the parking lot of the restaurant at 4110 Lee Road just before 11 p.m.. The suspects, both described at 17- to 18-year-old boys, both ran from the scene, according to police reports.
The unidentified officer was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center for facial injuries, according to a police report.
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