Redwood City: Multiple police officers injured in fight involving liquor theft

REDWOOD CITY — Several police officers were injured in a fight with a man who allegedly hit an officer in the head with a bottle of liquor he took from a grocery store moments before the Friday night encounter, authorities said.

A 911 caller contacted police around 8:30 p.m. Friday to report a panhandler who was causing a disturbance at the Sequoia Station shopping plaza on El Camino Real near Jefferson Avenue, according to a Redwood City police news release.

Two responding officers...