CLEVELAND — Police shot and seriously injured a teen Saturday morning while investigating multiple car break-ins.
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Medics were called to the 800 block of East 146th Street around 4 a.m. Saturday for a 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound, according to CBS affiliate WOIO.
The Cleveland Division of Police Third District Vice Unit was investigating over 30 ‘fresh’ car break-ins in the Midtown Neighborhood.
Police said they were able to identify two juvenile suspects with prior arrests for break-ins and ankle monitors, which police said were cut off.
Detectives had video that showed at least one of the juvenile suspects was armed with a gun, WOIO reported.
Detectives tried to make contact with the people in the car as they exited, but when they saw officers they returned to the car and fled through an adjacent yard.
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Officers attempted to stop the car but were unable to.
Police attempted to make contact with the three people in the car around 4 a.m. and discovered the person in the driver’s seat was sleeping or unconscious, according to the release.
When he woke up to the officer’s commands he put the car in drive and struck a police cruiser, according to WOIO.
He then tried to push the cruiser with the car, then reversed and hit a garage, then again drove towards officers.
An officer fired at the suspect and struck him in the right shoulder.
Police removed the teen from the car and rendered aid before EMS took him to the hospital.
He has since been released.
According to a media release, a firearm was found inside the vehicle.
Cleveland Police said its Use of Force Investigation Team will investigate the shooting.
The officer involved will also be placed on administrative leave.
We will continue to follow this story.
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