2 York cops hurt subduing domestic violence suspect; tasers, pepper spray used
Two York police officers were hurt Tuesday in a fight with a domestic violence suspect, the police chief said.
Both officers were treated for injuries and released from medical care, said York Police Department Chief Andy Robinson. One male officer had a head injury that happened during a scuffle with the suspect, Robinson said. A female officer was treated after being struck by an electric stun gun probe fired by one of the other officers, Robinson said.
Officers used the electric stun gun, called a taser by police, and pepper spray to subdue the suspect who refused to comply with officers. They were at a home where a female victim had been attacked, according to Robinson and a police incident report.
The suspect, Tadeus Markwan Muhammad, 26, is described in police and jail documents as 6-foot-3, 330 pounds. Muhammad refused to allow officers to take him into custody after the victim called for help, Robinson said.
Muhammad is charged with first-degree domestic violence, felony abuse or neglect of a child, and two counts of assault on a police officer while resisting arrest, police and jail records show.
The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on Auburn Drive. The female victim told officers Muhammad put a piece of bag over her head during an assault and threatened to kill her, according to the report. There also was a child present.
Four officers were involved in getting Muhammad into custody after he fought with them in an upstairs bedroom, according to a police report.
Muhammad remains in the York County jail without bond after a York city magistrate judge denied bail Tuesday.
This story was originally published May 13, 2020 at 3:55 PM.
