Five people were injured also had non-life-threatening including a 7-year-old girl injuries. following an officer-involved Coombs said he didn't know if shooting and high-speed car the suspects received gunshot pursuit Friday night in wounds. Glendale. Neither of the officers were Two officers were patrolling hurt, Coombs said. They were an apartment complex about 9 placed on administrative p.m. near 43rd and Glendale leave, which is standard in avenues when they noticed a any officer involved shooting. suspicious looking silver "When the suspects are Dodge sedan, Sgt. Brent released from the Valley Coombs said. hospitals they are being That's when the driver put treated at, they will be the car in reverse and gunned booked for the felony crimes the engine in their direction, involving the aggravated he said. One of the officers assault on the officers, and fired at the vehicle before the aggravated assaults on it fled the scene, speeding the victims in the three southbound onto 43rd Avenue, other vehicles that sustained Coombs said. injuries as a result of their Other officers who pursued actions when they fled from the vehicle after it took off the shooting scene," the found it involved in a four- release said. car collision at 43rd Avenue Coombs said the two officers and Bethany Home Road. were part of at neighborhood- Coombs said the men sped response unit patrolling the through a red light. area, which is known for Coombs said it wasn't clear criminal activity. They found exactly how many people were the vehicle and occupants involved, but only seven, suspicious and approached including the two suspects, them on foot. were injured and taken to He said the suspects, whose Valley hospitals. The 7-year- names he did not release, may old girl suffered a serious have gunned the vehicle head injury and the four toward the officers because other victims, whose names they were doing something and ages were not available, criminal in nature and didn't sustained non-life- want to get caught. threatening injuries. The "It could be any number of suspects, both adult males reasons," he said. from Glendale and Phoenix,
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