Shots fired in Parkland Monday afternoon after deputies pursue man on foot
Deputies responded at 4:21 p.m. to a report of a man who was allegedly involved in previous burglaries breaking and throwing objects, and then trying to light a building on fire, according to sheriff's office spokesperson Carly Cappetto.
Deputies confronted him at the Pacific Pride gas station in the 110th block of Pacific Avenue South and pursued him on foot for a few blocks to the area of 112th Street South and C Street South, where deputies said shots were fired, Cappetto said.
She said she believes deputies 'were OK' but didn't immediately have the status of the suspect when The News Tribune reached her shortly before 6 p.m., while she was driving to the scene.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Office posted on X that the Pierce County Force Investigation Team will be in charge of the investigation. The post asks people to stay out of the area.
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