The Hampton Police Division has arrested Markies Lamar Parks, a 30-year-old Newport News man who had active felony warrants on file related to narcotics and firearms.
At approximately 8:52 a.m., member of the Hampton Police Division’s Swat Team conducted a high risk search warrant in the 100 block of Doolittle Road.
During the entry, officers were confronted by a unleashed aggressive pitbull. The K-9 bit two of the swat officers before running back toward the residence, where it then attacked the female resident. This prompted officers to fire less lethal rounds at the K-9. The less lethal rounds had no affect on the K-9 resulting in one officer discharging his firearm to end the threat. The female resident was transported to a local hospital by members of the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue with non-life-threatening injuries caused by the K-9. A Hampton Police Officer is also being treated at a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
At approximately 10:06 a.m., Markies Lamar Parks was taken into custody. Parks had a total of six active felony warrants out of Hampton for one count of Possession of a Firearm while in Possession of Drugs, one1 count of Possession of a Firearm by convicted Felon and four counts of Manufacture, Sale, Possession of Controlled Substance.