JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Jackson police officer was injured after being hit by a suspect’s car on Friday, February 16.

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said the injured officer, Anthony Johnson, is the leader of the Jackson Police Department’s (JPD) Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) unit.

Wade said Johnson and other officers were responding to a call about a mental health subject in the parking lot of Merit Health Central. They said the man was refusing to leave the location. When Johnson arrived at the location, the subject hit him with a vehicle.

According to the police chief, the other responding officers fired shots at the suspect, who was not hit.

Wade said Johnson was being treated at Merit Health Central. Police said Johnson was later released from the hospital on Friday.

The suspect’s vehicle was later found on Langley Street at Robinson Road in Jackson. Multiple agencies responded to the location, including Jackson police and Capitol police. A tow truck removed the vehicle.

The suspect, who was identified as 32-year-old Nicholas Glover, was later arrested on Westover Drive. A WJTV 12 News crew was at the scene when the suspect was taken into custody.

Police believe Glover was suffering from a mental episode.

Police said Glover has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault against a police officer and one count of felony fleeing.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating the officer-involved shooting.