Austin officer-involved shooting: Suspect hospitalized

Officer-involved shooting hospitalizes suspect

A suspect was shot in the collarbone in a police chase-turned-officer-involved shooting late Saturday night.

AUSTIN - An investigation is underway after an officer-involved shooting that happened in North Austin late Saturday night.

Officer-involved shooting

What we know:

Late Saturday night in the 700 block of West Anderson Lane service road, Austin Police attempted to pull over a vehicle that was reported stolen. The driver of the vehicle did not stop, and the officer initiated a pursuit.

A short time later, the stolen vehicle crashed into another vehicle that was not involved. One person from that vehicle was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

After the crash, the driver of the stolen vehicle shot at an officer, police officials say. The officer returned fire and shot the suspect in the clavicle. Officials say the driver followed commands after being shot.

The suspect was taken to the hospital for their injuries and is in police custody.

No officers were injured in this shooting.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Austin Police are investigating.

What we don't know:

Law enforcement officials did not release the name of the suspect.

What they're saying:

"We are here tonight, unfortunately, we had an incident that started off as officers initiating a traffic stop for a stolen car," said Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis in a press conference.

"I wanna say that the officers again acted very bravely," added Davis. "The situation where they're being fired upon, and they took action." 

"It's safe to say, the city of Austin, we are very fortunate tonight that we are not reporting on an officer being shot or an officer being killed," said Davis.