article_snippet.sent: Responding officers and firefighters followed the fugitive into the murky waters of Brush Creek in Kansas City and fished the fugitive out early Friday morning.
article_snippet.sent: The 38-year-old suspect has been taken to an area hospital to be treated for injuries to The 38-year-old suspect arm and leg.
article_snippet.sent: Up Brush Creek without a paddle: The 38-year-old suspect reached the middle of Brush Creek and spent 10-15 minutes swimming back and forth .
article_snippet.sent: Surrounded: When firefighters tried to pull The 38-year-old suspect out, The 38-year-old suspect threatened firefighters with a log .
article_snippet.sent: Police officers armed with a BB gun went after the nighttime bather and apprehended The 38-year-old suspect .
article_snippet.sent: the nighttime bather was complaining of a broken leg, according to Fox4KC, so the Kansas City Fire Department’s water rescue crew were sent in to fish The 38-year-old suspect out.
article_snippet.sent: ‘The 38-year-old suspect picked up a large log and started swinging a large log at the firemen so the firemen backed off as to not escalate the situation,’ the arrest report states.
article_snippet.sent: That is when uniformed police officers armed with a BB gun followed the man into Brush Creek, got the man into the creek in a choke hold and pulled the man into the creek out of Brush Creek.
highlights_snippet.sent: It took cops armed with a BB gun 15 minutes to fish out the fugitive .