Syracuse, NY - Syracuse police have arrested a 45-year-old Oswego County man who they say attempted to hit city police officers with a stolen truck Saturday. A city police officer fired his service weapon into the vehicle after Scott Carpenter nearly struck the officers about 5:30 p.m. on a sidewalk of the 200 block of Pond Street, police Sgt....
Police Chief Frank Fowler (center), Deputy Police Chief Joe Cecile (left) and an unidentified police sergeant look over the shooting scene at North Alvord and Pond streets this evening.Syracuse, NY - Syracuse police have arrested a 45-year-old Oswego County man who they say attempted to hit city police officers with a stolen truck Saturday.
A city police officer fired his service weapon into the vehicle after Scott Carpenter nearly struck the officers about 5:30 p.m. on a sidewalk of the 200 block of Pond Street, police Sgt. Thomas Connellan said.
The identities of the police officers were not released by Connellan.
After the shooting, Carpenter drove off, prompting a police chase across Syracuse's North Side. The chase was called off, but officers later recovered the 1995 Dodge dump truck in a wooded area near Carpenter's home.
Syracuse police detectives teamed up with Oswego County sheriff's deputies. They eventually found Carpenter hiding in the attic of a relative's home, Connellan said.
Carpenter, of 90 Blount Road, Hastings, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, unlawfully fleeing the police in a motor vehicle, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and numerous vehicle traffic violations. He is scheduled to be arraigned today in Syracuse City Court.