Teen stabs officer with screwdriver

[TheeBadOne]

Minneapolis officer Daniel Horn was sitting in his squad car writing a traffic citation Monday morning when a teenager walked up and started stabbing him in an unprovoked attack, police said.

About 7 a.m., a 17-year-old boy "walked up, leaned into his car window and stabbed him with this screwdriver," Police Chief Bill McManus said.

Fortunately, Horn was wearing a protective Kevlar vest and the screwdriver didn't penetrate it, McManus said. He displayed the screwdriver, in a plastic bag, and the officer's shirt with a small rip in the left pocket where the tool had struck.

Horn, who has been on the force for 15 years, managed to trap the teen's arm in his steering wheel, disarm him and call for assistance, the chief said. The teen and a man who obstructed officers were arrested at the scene at 62nd Street and 2nd Avenue S. and may be charged with second-degree assault, Capt. Rich Stanek said.

McManus said when he visited Horn, who was checked at a hospital and released, Horn said he was glad he was able to control the teenager without shooting him, the chief said. He noted that during an attempted robbery last week, police shot and killed a suspect after he stabbed two officers in their legs.

He said such armed attacks on police are unusual.


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