One person was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Saturday after he allegedly attempted to run over a Starkville law enforcement agent, Mississippi Bureau of Investigations spokesperson Warren Strain said.
Starkville Police Department responded to a robbery report at the Highway 12-South Montgomery Street Sprint Mart about 4-4:30 a.m., Strain said, when the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle and led police on a chase toward south Starkville.
The suspect, he said, attempted to run over officers in the South Wedgewood Road area, and at least one officer fired his service weapon in response.
The officers were not injured in the incident, a SPD release states. The suspect was transported to OCH Regional Medical Center, stabilized and airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
The condition of the injured person is not known at this time.
Both Strain and SPD declined to release additional details on the incident, including how many officers were involved in the shooting, how many shots were fired and how many times the suspect was hit.
MBI is leading the investigation, and Strain said the organization is expected to release the identify of the suspect once family members are notified of the situation.
“We’re working through things now. There will be interviews, and the car will be processed by investigators,” Strain said.
Carl Smith covers Starkville and Oktibbeha County for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter @StarkDispatch
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