Bedford police were involved in a pursuit of a stolen vehicle that ended with shots were fired by a Bedford officer, according to Maple Heights Police.
It happened on Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m.
The pursuit occurred on Broadway Avenue in Bedford, then traveled into Maple Heights. The driver was driving aggressively, striking at least one other non-involved vehicle, police said.
A Bedford Officer initiated a pursuit immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver to stop the erratic driver in the area of Broadway Avenue and Clement Avenue, police said.
Two people were in the vehicle and exited with weapons.
A Bedford officer fired shots, Maple Heights Police Chief Todd Hansen said.
One 21-year-old man was shot and has non-life-threatening injuries, Hansen said.
A second person fled the scene and was later taken into custody by Maple Heights Police.
Two guns were recovered at the scene. Hansen said the SUV was reported stolen out of Michigan.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.
"I know there are some people on both sides of the equation of whether police should be chasing people, but this is an example. Just a stolen car, right? But they get out, and they have weapons on them, and they've been doing other things, obviously of a criminal nature. We're looking into that. We already have some information that they're involved in some other crimes in the Cleveland area, that this is a criminal ring, basically, and they're doing a lot of other things that they shouldn't be doing," said Hansen.
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News 5's Tessa DiTirro is in Maple Heights on the scene of a crash that appears to involve a Bedford Police cruiser.
