Cleveland Police Involved In East Side Shooting

CLEVELAND — Cleveland police fired on a car driving toward officers on Thursday morning, the department announced.

According to police, while officers were responding to a domestic violence call on E. 99th street, a silver four door vehicle was seen driving erratically. The officers followed the vehicle down a dead end street, but did not have their emergency lights or sirens on.

The officers got out of their cars to investigate when the vehicle stopped at the dead end, let a person out, and then turned around, hitting a parked vehicle. The vehicle then accelerated, hit one of the cop cars, backed up and drove into both cop cars, according to police.

The vehicle then drove toward the four officers that were standing on a nearby curb. At that point, police said, one of the officers fired his gun. The suspect driving the vehicle was not hit by gunfire, but did stop the vehicle.

The suspect, a 34-year-old Cleveland man, was then taken into custody. He complained of injuries he sustained during the crashes and was taken to University Hospitals for treatment before being booked at the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center.

The Cleveland Division of Police Use of Deadly Force Investigation Team is looking into the shooting. The entire incident remains under investigation, police said.