Serra Leoa, News Net, Inglês

A man suspected of stealing a truck was shot by police after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase of more than 50 miles down Interstate 25.

The man, whose identity has not been released, shot at law enforcement an unknown number of times after driving off the road into a Pueblo County field, investigators said. One Monument police officer shot back, wounding the suspect.

Monument police officers in El Paso County responded about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a pickup stolen in town, according to a news release from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office.

Police followed the stolen truck onto I-25 and chased it south, toward Colorado Springs, sheriff’s officials said.

State troopers learned of the stolen car and chase about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and, minutes later, had an aircraft following the truck as it sped down I-25, according to the release.

The driver exited the highway near Pueblo and fired at least once at the group of law enforcement officers following the truck, sheriff’s officials said.

Pueblo County deputies joined the chase after the driver left the highway. Shortly after, the driver drove off the road into a field near Purcell Boulevard and Fairbanks Drive, according to the sheriff’s office.

The truck stalled in the field, and the suspect shot several more times at law enforcement, sheriff’s officials said.

A Monument police officer, who had followed the suspect from the beginning, returned fire and shot the man an unknown number of times, according to Pueblo County sheriff’s officials. At least one bullet hit the suspect, and he was taken to a Colorado Springs hospital by helicopter.