Chris Zylka was concerned in a violent encounter with Ohio police in a weird incident partially caught on physique cam final week.
Police responded to a report of a person with a gun attempting to get right into a automobile final week with a driver inside in a residential neighborhood of Warren, about an hour east of Cleveland. The assailant was sporting pajama pants, however no shirt or sneakers — in 32-degree climate, in response to police.
The suspect, later recognized as Zylka — Paris Hilton‘s ex-fiancé — was discovered leaping round in site visitors in the course of an intersection. Zylka had allegedly tried to get into a lady’s automobile and had been attempting to interrupt the window, police mentioned.
Two detectives arrived in an unmarked automobile with police lights rolling — and Zylka allegedly pointed a cellphone at them as if he was threatening them with a handgun. He was foaming on the mouth and seemed to be beneath the affect of medication, in response to the police report.
The 2 detectives ordered him to his knees, and he complied, however as they tried to cuff him, he tensed up and resisted — they obtained one wrist cuffed, however then he began preventing.
Zylka and one of many detectives rolled round and exchanged blows, in response to the report — and the opposite detective deployed his Taser, but it surely struck the detective preventing with Zylka, surprising him as a substitute. The shocked detective preventing with Zylka then deployed his personal Taser, twice, into Zylka’s leg, but it surely didn’t appear to have an effect on him, police mentioned.
A 3rd detective arrived on the scene, and collectively they have been capable of subdue and handcuff Zylka. He allegedly continued to withstand.
Physique cam video from the scene, obtained by native station WKBN-TV, reveals Zylka on the bottom with a bloody nostril — he is seen fighting officers and paramedics as they strap him onto a gurney subsequent to an ambulance. Police mentioned arriving paramedics administered ketamine to Zylka to calm him.
Zylka has been charged with felonious assault on police — the police report notes private weapons included “hands, feet, fist, teeth, etc.”
A Warren Police Dept. spokesperson tells TMZ … Zylka is now not in custody. They don’t seem to be saying how or when he obtained free, however they affirm there is a warrant out for his arrest.
We have reached out to Zylka, however similar to the cops … we have not heard from him.
