Our staff reporter (Li Yizhong, special correspondents Pan Feng, Chen Wenchun and Xiao Xiang) - According to the police: after a full-scale rapid investigation, at 9 p.m. last night, the suspect Zhang Jianghong who ran over Officer Liao Wentao of the Jiang'an Traffic Team and fled was arrested in Wuchang.
At around 3:40 PM on the afternoon of the 1st, while Officer Liao Wentao of the Jiang'an Traffic Team was dealing with a traffic violation involving an unlicensed silver Chevrolet car at the Sanyang Road intersection of Liberation Avenue, the driver forcibly rushed through the checkpoint, dragging Liao Wentao for more than a hundred meters before colliding with another vehicle and fleeing, causing multiple fractures to Liao Wentao.
After the incident, Standing Committee Member and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, as well as Public Security Bureau Director Hu Xuping, quickly instructed relevant departments: make every effort to capture the criminal suspect and solve the case as soon as possible.
The police dispatched capable forces, forming an investigative team, promptly retrieving relevant video materials from near the scene of the incident, and conducting visits and investigations. Based on clues provided by the public, on the 2nd, officers uncovered the offending car in Wangjiawan, Hanyang District, and according to relevant information, accurately identified the offending suspect Zhang Jianghong.
Further investigation revealed that Zhang Jianghong is 25 years old, from Jingzhou, Hubei Province, and temporarily resides on the 5th floor of a private house near Lingjiahu Park in Jianghan District. Officers conducted overnight pursuit, finding that Zhang Jianghong had fled his temporary residence.
The police immediately divided into two groups, one pursuing him to Jingzhou, and the other continuing to investigate in Wuhan. Investigations found that Zhang Jianghong was still in Wuhan, having appeared in the Street Mouth area of Wuchang.
At 8 a.m. yesterday, officers set up surveillance in the Street Mouth area. After a prolonged 13-hour wait, at around 9 p.m. last night, when Zhang Jianghong and a woman passed by the entrance of Building B of Fuhua Mansion in Street Mouth, several officers quickly surrounded and captured him.
At around 10 p.m. last night, Zhang Jianghong was taken back to the Siwei Road Police Station in Jiang'an District for review (as shown in the left picture). The reporter observed that Zhang Jianghong is about 178 cm tall, lean, and obstinate in attitude.
It is understood that Zhang Jianghong was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison for robbery in 2006.
This case is currently under further review. The police stated: all acts of serious violations of traffic regulations and hit-and-run will be severely punished according to law.
Reported by Hong Yang