Fort Worth police shoot suspected car thief who rammed officer, carjacked a driver

Police in Fort Worth are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened at NW 28th Street and McKinley Avenue Thursday evening.

At about 5 p.m., Fort Worth police received an alert about a stolen vehicle and began a pursuit.

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Police said that in an attempt to get away, the driver rammed an officer's car and continued to drive erratically. Officers then decided to throw out spikes to stop the driver.

Fort Worth police said that's when the driver crashed at the corner of McKinley and NW 28th Street, got out with a long gun in his hand, and carjacked another vehicle. Shots were fired at the person at that time.

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Police said the driver got out of the second vehicle and pointed the gun toward the business. After officers fired more rounds, the driver was hit and fell to the ground. The driver was arrested and transported for medical attention and is stable.

Fort Worth Chief of Police Neil Noakes said Thursday it was important to keep innocent civilians in mind throughout this entire series of events.

"This is another example of how unpredictable and dangerous the job of a police officer can be. Never know when you might encounter someone with a weapon, never know what someone might do with that weapon," said Nokes. "...And when you're in a place like this where there are innocent civilians around where there could be anything in that backdrop, they've got to make sure when they're firing they know what's beyond the threat that they're trying to stop, he continued."

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Noakes told NBC 5 that the initial tipoff on the first stolen car came in through the Flock camera system.

The name of the driver has not been released.

There were no reported injuries to police or civilians.