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Kenneth Kunkel (left) and Andrew Swank (photos provided) (May 16, 2012) |
The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office has now charged two people after an attack on a Mishawaka police officer that left him injured.
According to a police report, Sergeant Bryan Fox was on bike patrol after ten o'clock Tuesday night, responding to a report of several suspicious people near Sixth and Seventh streets in Mishawaka.
Fox says he was questioning five people when19-year-old Kenneth Kunkle punched him several times on top of his bike helmet and pistol-whipped him in the back of his head.
While trying to arrest Kunkel, police say they found a gun on him with two rounds apparently stuck in the chamber.
Kunkel is now charged with battery to a police officer with a deadly weapon and resisting. Andrew Swank is also charged with resisting police.
