Overview
- Police responded around 5:38 p.m. near Cedar and Polk after two officers on Mayor Daniel Lurie’s protective team called for backup during a confrontation with two men.
- Both suspects were detained, and two officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries, with one left bleeding from the back of his head, according to on-scene reporting.
- Witness accounts indicate a group blocked the mayor’s SUV, Lurie asked them to move, and a struggle followed between an officer and a man who then pulled the officer to the ground.
- Jail records identify one arrested man as Tony Shervaughn Phillips, booked on suspicion of assaulting a peace officer and related offenses, while the second suspect has not been publicly named.
- Union leaders praised the swift police response, and investigators continue to review evidence as charging decisions are pending.