A Boston police officer was hit by a car while on duty in the city's Dorchester neighborhood Tuesday night, authorities said.
As police search for the driver of the vehicle, two of the men associated with the driver faced a judge Wednesday: Markeith Walton, 21, and Robert Barrett Scott, 26
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Officers responded to Stanton Street around 11:30 p.m. for a call of four men trespassing in a church and day care center's parking lot, with at least two of the men armed with guns, Boston police said.
When officers arrived on scene, they say two of the men jumped a fence toward Norfolk Street, while a third man got in a car and allegedly began driving at police at a high rate of speed, striking the officer, forcing him onto the hood of the car before he rolled off the side as the car sped away.
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That officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Police say they found Barrett-Scott, a Mattapan resident, near St. Matthew's Church wearing clothes that matched the description of the person with the weapon. He was taken into custody but with no weapon found, only charged with trespass. His bail was set at $200.
Walton, from Marlborough, was arrested after police chased him along Norfolk Street, capturing him at Kingdom Builders' Worship Center. They said they found a gun in his pocket. He also had an outstanding warrant, according to police. He faces charges including carrying a firearm without a license and was held without bail pending his next court date on July 25.
Investigators say they found three loaded weapons and a large capacity magazine between a car that remained in the lot and the woods where the two men jumped the fence.
The man who allegedly struck the officer with the car and the other man who ran into the woods have not yet been arrested.
