DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) — Two plainclothes Dearborn police officers were shot overnight by a suspect, and that suspect is in custody.
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There were three different crime scenes in this situation, all along Inkster Rd. in Dearborn Heights and Inkster, with a massive, mutli-agency police response with departments from several cities at the scenes.
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Sources confirmed to WXYZ that the officers have been released from the hospital.
See the latest update on the shooting in the video below
Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin said the officers were called to the Pantheon Club along Michigan Ave. on a report of an armed man arguing with people.
Shahin said officers arrived and tried to get the suspect to comply, but he fled in a flat bed tow truck.
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Police chased the tow truck at low speeds, but terminated the chase. That's when plainclothes officers began following the suspect and saw him pull into a gas station.
Watch an earlier update on the shooting in the video below
Shahin said that they attempted to take the suspect into custody, but were met with gunfire. The two officers were hit and other officers returned fire at the suspect. Shahin showed a photo of the bulletproof vest, which had two shots, and said the officer was also shot in the arm.
The police chief said that while they were plainclothes officers, they wear shirts that say police, have badges shown and also had lights on their vehicle.
Police said the suspect then fled the scene in the flat bed again, and some officers began following him.
During the second chase, the suspect threw two handguns out the window.
Eventually, they were able to take him into custody and learned that the suspect was also shot. He is in critical condition.
