Aug. 22--A man who was shot by Minneapolis Park Police Tuesday after stabbing a female officer says he called 911 to lure officers, police said.
The officer and her partner were responding to a report of a knifepoint robbery in the area of Minnehaha Parkway West at Bryant Avenue South.
But there was no robbery, said Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer.
The suspect, identified as Marsenior Pede Johnson, 38, told police "he called 911 to report being robbed as he wanted to hurt police officers when they arrived to talk to him," Palmer said in a statement.
The 911 call came in about 11:20 p.m., according to police. The two responding officers spotted Johnson, who they believed was the victim of the purported robbery, at the intersection, on the south side of Minnehaha Creek.
When the officers confronted Johnson, he reportedly first stabbed the male officer, who was not hurt because of his protective armor, according to the police statement. Johnson then attacked the female officer, stabbing her in the upper back.
The other officer, a nine-year department veteran, shot the suspect "to defend his partner," the police statement said.
The female officer, a four-year department veteran, was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center to be treated for a stab wound and lacerations to her head, the police statement said. She was released Wednesday morning.
Johnson also was taken to HCMC and was last listed in stable condition. He remains under guard at
the hospital and will be taken to the Hennepin County Jail on suspicion of assault "when he is medically able," the statement said.
The officers' names will be released Thursday, police said. They will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard after an officer-involved shooting.
Minneapolis Park Police Chief Linda Bergstrom said in a statement that this was the park police unit's first officer-involved shooting.
"My overwhelming concern is for the injured officer and her family," Bergstrom's statement said. "We are very fortunate that these officers were not more seriously injured or killed."
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