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Muncie – The Indiana State Police Pendleton District is currently investigating a police action shooting that occurred shortly before 3 p.m. today, in Muncie, involving officers from the Muncie Police Department. This investigation is ongoing, and is expected to take some time to complete. After the investigation is completed it will be turned over to Delaware County Prosecutor’s Officer for their review.

The preliminary investigation shows that a uniformed Muncie Police Officer, driving a fully marked police car, made a traffic stop on a van just before 3 pm. this afternoon on Elgin St. just south of McGalliard St. A plain clothes officer who was nearby came to assist. As the uniformed officer approached the driver side of the van, and the plain clothes officer approached on the passenger side, the van took off attempting to flee.

The plain clothes officer, who was attempting to remove a passenger, held onto the van as it accelerated away. The officer held onto the van for several hundred feet, eventually firing shots into the van at the driver who refused to stop.

The driver, who was hit by the gunfire but continued to flee, jumped from the van and fled on foot. He was captured a short distance away and transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The officer, who fell from the moving van, was treated for broken bones and non-life threatening injuries.

Two male passengers also jumped from the van as it was moving and fled on foot. They were also caught a short time later. They received treatment for non- life threatening injuries they received from jumping out of the moving van. This is all the information that will be released at this time, as the investigation is ongoing.