{"id":245191,"date":"2026-07-16T20:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245191\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:39:11","slug":"city-of-erie-provides-update-on-video-of-officer-striking-suspect-with-car-fists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245191\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Erie provides update on video of officer striking suspect with car, fists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Wed, July 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/23ca7545-7655-4d2d-a69e-974bb0bca926.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 The City of Erie said Wednesday they\u2019re close to finishing their investigation into a video of a police officer striking a suspect with their cruiser then punching him while handcuffed. <\/p>\n<p>The city announced on their social media they\u2019re in the final stages of reviewing the evidence available to them and expects to release a full, comprehensive report by the end of the week. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation follows the circulation of a social media video that appears to show a City of Erie police cruiser colliding with 41-year-old Keven Sparks during an arrest, followed by officers hitting him multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Sparks was wanted for theft and trespassing and had outstanding warrants in Erie and Venango counties. <\/p>\n<p>The video has been widely shared since the incident occurred on June 28 and has sparked broader conversations about the Erie Police Department\u2019s relationship with the public. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFor the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Wed, July 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC (WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 The City of Erie said Wednesday they\u2019re close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-245191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}