SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - An undercover San Diego police officer is recovering after being headbutted Thursday by a man he was chasing in Tierrasanta.
Police say the officer was helping conduct a narcotics investigation on Porto Court. One of the men he was watching spotted the officer and took off running into a nearby park.
The officer tackled the man, who snapped his head back and hit the officer in the chin. The officer was taken to a hospital with facial injuries.
The suspect was taken into custody.