BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A suspect is in surgery after a deputy shot him during a pursuit in east Bexar County that spanned into another county at one point, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
At that point, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office and La Vernia police stepped in to help try to stop the suspect, Salazar said.
The suspect made a U-turn near Sutherland Springs and headed back into Bexar County, where deputies attempted to use spike strips to stop the suspect at the county line, Salazar said.
Salazar said the suspect then accelerated toward the deputy, and the deputy pulled out his service weapon and shouted orders at the suspect.
Salazar said the deputy who shot the suspect is a six-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and has been on patrol for three years.