1 injured following shooting involving APD officers

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3 days ago

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said an officer was involved in a shooting late Saturday evening following an attempted traffic stop on a stolen vehicle.
APD said when officers attempted to make the stop, the stolen vehicle quickly drove away and led police on a short pursuit before crashing. The call reporting the incident came in at approximately 11:15 p.m.
According to police, gunshots were exchanged between the suspect and officers at the scene after the crash. No officers were injured during the incident, and the suspect was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
During a briefing early Sunday, APD Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect fired shots at police as they approached the crash scene.
'We are very fortunate tonight that we are not reporting on an officer being shot or an officer being killed,' Davis said, 'and I want to say that the officers, again, acted very bravely in the situation where they're being fired upon, and they took action.'
APD said the investigation was early on, and it was working to get the details of what led to the shooting.
This was the department's third shooting involving officers in May.
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