SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit was investigating a shooting involving a police officer during a vehicle pursuit that ended in San Diego's Carmel Mountain Ranch neighborhood, authorities said Thursday.
San Diego police officers located an occupied vehicle believed to be stolen around 11 a.m. Wednesday on Telocote Road, then initiated a vehicle stop but the driver fled, prompting a pursuit, according to the sheriff's office.
Officials said the vehicle traveled across multiple freeways and surface streets before the pursuit was terminated due to community safety concerns.
"Officers deployed tire deflation devices on Derby Farms Road near Steeple Chase Row. The suspect accelerated the vehicle toward two officers positioned on an embankment near the devices. Fearing for their safety, one officer discharged one round, striking the allegedly stolen vehicle. The suspect continued fleeing," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The pursuit concluded when the suspect was taken into custody in the area of Highland Ranch Road and Ted Williams Parkway in Carmel Mountain Ranch, just east of Interstate 15 and west of Poway.
The circumstances leading up to the pursuit and shooting were under investigation as detectives gather evidence and interview witnesses. The SDPD officer involved in the shooting and the suspect have not yet been identified.
The suspect was booked for alleged assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, possession of a stolen vehicle and felony reckless evading. Neither officers nor the suspect were injured during the pursuit, the sheriff's office reported.
Authorities urged anyone with information regarding the pursuit or shooting to call the Sheriff's Homicide Unit at 858-285-6330 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
— City News Service
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