article_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko ran his patrol car into Mario Valencia in February as an armed suspect carried a rifle Officer Michael Rapiejko had just fired in the air.
article_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko sped around another officer as Mario Valencia walked through a business park, hit the man from behind with the left side of the man front bumper.
article_snippet.sent: The Marana Police Department has defended Officer Michael Rapiejko, saying deadly force was warranted because an armed suspect had a rifle, ammunition and was walking toward offices where hundreds of people work.
article_snippet.sent: KVOA obtained police inquiry tapes on which Officer Michael Rapiejko tells investigators why Officer who drove into suspect chose Officer who drove into suspect car as a weapon.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities chose not to charge Rapiejko.
highlights_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko said Officer Michael Rapiejko needed to use lethal force to stop the suspect .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Officer Michael Rapiejko said two options crossed Officer Michael Rapiejko mind and it was too far to shoot Mario Valencia .