Everman police have identified the man accused of attempting to run over an officer following a high-speed chase Thursday night.
The incident began just after 8 p.m near Everman Parkway when the officer tried pulling over a vehicle for traveling at a high rate of speed without headlights on.
Eventually the vehicle stopped at a nearby apartment complex in the 9000 block of Race Street in Fort Worth.
"The chase was about a mile. The Mustang pulled into a parking space. People acted like they were going to get out, then didn't," said Everman Police Chief Craig Spencer.
According to Spencer, the driver then tried to run over the officers. One of the officers opened fire, hitting the two occupants of the car.
They were taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth for injuries that were not life-threatening.
None of the officers were hurt.
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The driver of the vehicle, identified as 21-year-old Robert Jarvis Petite, was released from the hospital and booked into the Tarrant County Jail on Friday. He faces charges of aggravated assault on a public servant and evading arrest with a vehicle, in addition to three outstanding warrants, police said.
Fort Worth police are investigating the incident, and the case will be presented to the Tarrant County grand jury.
Chief Spencer said the officer who fired at the vehicle has been placed on administrative leave.
The incident came one day after Richardson Police Officer David Sherrard was fatally shot in the line of duty. Spencer said the department was fortunate their officers escaped unharmed.
"We are a very small community, we are a small police department. It puts me in a panic, it's hard to deal with, but everyone turned out OK," he said.
