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Alarming police bodycam video shows ';street takeover'; where officer ';narrowly escaped line-of-duty death scenario';
Virginia police recently released shocking bodycam video of a chaotic ";street takeover"; that left one officer injured. Around 3 a.m. on March 31‚ hundreds gathered to watch drivers perform donuts and drive recklessly at a car meetup in Springfield‚ Virginia. However‚ the car display resulted in ";utter chaos and disorder."; The Fairfax County Police said‚ ";A large group of individuals surrounded the officers cruiser. At least one attempted to remove the license plate from the vehicle as the others acted disorderly.";Unruly people reportedly jumped on police cruisers and slammed on the windows of the vehicles. Law enforcement stated that one man was outside a police vehicle armed with a rifle. A driver allegedly struck a police officer with their vehicle and then fled the scene. The officer reportedly suffered minor injuries. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis stated‚ ";I believe we narrowly escaped a line-of-duty death scenario of our own. Because one of our officers was surrounded by a bunch of masked‚ tough-guy-wannabe-thugs who surrounded her car‚ and acted in a criminal manner‚ in a way that Ill tell you is never going to happen again in Fairfax County.";Davis commended the officer for exhibiting ";a ton of grace under pressure in that very volatile scenario.";";So‚ what does that mean for residential and business communities? It means you didn';t have any cops protecting your neighborhoods‚ your communities‚ your businesses because these criminals diverted all of our attention to handle an attack on one of our police officers‚"; Davis declared.Davis said he believes that the mob ";fully intended to drag"; a female police officer out of her car and harm her. He added‚ ";Thankfully‚ they didnt get into the car‚ and were very grateful for that.";According to law enforcement‚ four individuals have been criminally charged in the scary incident. The suspected hit-and-run driver was identified as 18-year-old Ronal Urrea-Hernandez‚ according to WTTG. Police have allegedly obtained a warrant for his arrest for felony hit-and-run‚ speed to elude‚ and not possessing an operator';s license.Carlos A. Martinez Jr.‚ 18‚ was arrested and charged with reckless driving after he drove down the wrong side of the road and crashed into a cruiser‚ according to the outlet. Authorities are also investigating 20-year-old Dylan Heckard‚ of Mechanicsburg‚ Pennsylvania. He is accused of assault on law enforcement and abduction for jumping on the police cruiser and preventing the officer from leaving.A 17-year-old has been charged‚ but his identity is being withheld because he is a minor. Davis declared‚ ";Were not going to be caught in a situation again where its one of us versus dozens of them who want to do us harm.";Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here! Video shows crowd in ';street takeover'; swarming police cruiser in Virginia www.youtube.com