A man has been indicted for an incident that occurred in late August that wounded a Middletown Police Officer.
Christopher James Hubbard, 36, has been indicted for 11 counts, including three counts of attempted aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer, according to Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell.
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The grand jury also indicted Hubbard for three counts of felonious assault, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, two counts of having weapons while under disability, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, and assaulting a police dog.
The incident occurred while Hubbard was wanted for a parole violation, which led to a police chase from Butler County to Warren County that ended when law enforcement used stop sticks to shred the tires on Hubbard’s car.
Hubbard refused to exit his vehicle, which resulted in the shootout between him and police, police dog, deputies and state troopers.
Hubbard is accused of shooting at Officer Denny Jordan of the Middletown Division of Police, Deputy Mike Barger of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and Trooper Brett Lee of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, striking Officer Jordan in his left shoulder, tricep, right hand and right thigh.
Jordan was the only officer injured.
According to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones, Hubbard was shot “multiple times” at the scene.
Both Jordan and Hubbard received medical care on the scene and were taken to local hospitals.
The Warren County Prosecutor’s Office determined that there was no factual or legal basis to present to the grand jury any criminal charges against any of the involved law enforcement officers.
“The evidence conclusively established that Hubbard had advised his parole officer of his intention to get into a shootout with police. When that opportunity became available, he made good on his threat. Despite several requests from law enforcement officers to comply with apprehension, video evidence proves that Hubbard fired multiple shots at three officers, striking Officer Jordan, before other law enforcement officers returned fire. Under these circumstances, law enforcement officers were completely justified in their use of deadly force to apprehend Hubbard,” Fornshell said.
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