UPDATE: Lansing Police confirmed Thursday that the suspect is now in custody. They say he was found in Lansing with a minor injury and was transported to a local hospital with injuries. Police are still searching for the witness involved.
An investigation is underway an officer involved shooting in the 300 block of W Saginaw Street in Lansing on Wednesday night.
Lansing Police Chief Ellery Sosebee said that at 6:22 PM officers were dispatched to the scene as a follow up to warrants from the Jackson County Sheriff's Department for parole violations.
Sosebee said officers arrived, saw a suspect and witness in the driveway, and gave verbal directions for them to show their hands. He said the suspects then began backing a vehicle down the driveway when they were ordered to stop.
Sosebee then said the suspects drove forward at an officer who was between the car and another parked car. He said an officer fired a weapon, and the suspects fled the scene. An officer was transported to the hospital.
MSP is investigating the incident, and the officer has been placed on paid administrative leave.
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