3 Men Charged For Running Over SFPD Officer **LOUD**

A plainclothes officer saw two people get out of the Infiniti, peer inside the Toyota and then smash the rear window to take items from it, police said.Officers identified themselves and moved in to try to arrest the suspects, but one suspect fled into the waiting vehicle with the stolen property, according to police and court records.While an officer was taking another suspect into custody, Lofton allegedly put the vehicle into reverse and accelerated backwards, hitting the officer and Landers, then driving forward and hitting them a second time, police said.Lofton then fled but got into a traffic collision at Haight and Buchanan streets. He and Butler were eventually taken into custody.The officer was taken to a hospital but is expected to survive, while the suspect who was run over by his accomplice was also hospitalized.