Patrol says K-9 helped capture man who shot at officers
By: The Associated Press, theeagle.com
ST. PAUL, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man who twice traded gunshots with pursuing officers has been taken to a Lincoln hospital.
A Nebraska State Patrol K-9 helped officers take custody of the man early Tuesday in a creek bed near St. Paul in Howard County. He was flown to Lincoln after being taken to a hospital in St. Paul. Court records don’t show that he’s been charged yet.
The patrol says the man shot at officers Monday evening when they tried to make a traffic stop north of Elba. He gained access to a Howard County Sheriff’s Office cruiser and headed south in it with officers in pursuit. He exchanged gunshots again after the cruiser spun out. None of the officers was hit.
