A Howard County Sheriff’s Office correctional officer resigned today after an internal investigation related to a hit and run incident during protests in downtown Kokomo.
Videos posted online showed a silver pickup truck drive through the protesters as they moved across Washington Street toward Foster Park, according to the Kokomo Perspective.
A few protesters sustained minor, non-life threatening injuries, according to the Kokomo Perspective.
In connection to that incident, Howard County Sheriff Jerry Asher confirmed today that a correctional officer at the jail resigned from her position.
That individual’s name has not been released yet.
The Kokomo Perspective states that the case remains under investigation, and no arrests have yet been made.
