A Lucas County grand jury Tuesday indicted Jeffrey Taylor on five charges for striking three pedestrians and a police officer with his car last month.

The bizarre string of events ended when two police officers shot and wounded Mr. Taylor after he pinned Officer Gregory Wallace between his car and the officers’ cruiser.

“This was a pretty significantly serious chain of events and quite scary because of the randomness of it,” said Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates, who viewed a dash-cam video that captured much of the incident. “Not that domestic violence/​partner violence isn’t just as scary, but sometimes you can explain it at least. This is completely unexplainable random violence.”

Mr. Taylor, 53, of 1543 Buckingham St. was indicted on four counts of felonious assault and one count of failure to comply with a police officer’s order or signal for the March 28 incident, which began when he allegedly ran over Shawuaghn Hughes, 22, near Detroit and Prospect avenues just before 5 p.m.

Mr. Taylor then struck Ivory Carter, 53, who was on a bicycle. Mr. Carter did not require hospitalization. Next, he struck John Burchell, 58, who was seriously injured, near Oakland Street and Ferris Avenue.

Mrs. Bates said Officer Wallace and Officer Thomas Killen had arrived by that time and gotten out of their cruiser, guns drawn, when Mr. Taylor allegedly backed up toward them, pinning Officer Wallace.

She said the entire incident was presented to the grand jury, including the officers’ actions in firing at Mr. Taylor in self-defense.

“Had the grand jurors thought in any way, shape, or form that the officers did anything inappropriate, they could have lodged a charge against the officers,” she said.

Mr. Taylor, who was initially hospitalized, was held Tuesday in the Lucas County jail. Relatives have said he has a history of mental-health problems.

One of the four felonious assault charges, which involves the injuries to Officer Wallace, is a first-degree felony that is punishable by up to 11 years in prison, while the other three counts of felonious assault are second-degree felonies that carry a maximum sentence of eight years.

Failure to comply is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

First Published April 22, 2015, 4:00 a.m.