Escaping an innocent person whoo was driving by was injured. Inj the suspect also took a car, got into a crash and then took off running to evade police. Fox5s Lindsay Watts is life inf springfield with the latest. Reporter matt and teisha, Fairfax County police say he they expect to be here into ther night investigating. Elsewhere officers are still trying to track down the gunmana were show you the shoppinge center where all of this took place. Police say it was just before 126789. 30 when a man robbed dubai jeweler next to jersey mikes. When an officer arrived he ended up getting into a shootout with a suspect. A person behind the officer dide get shot. Hot. That person is now in the hospital with life threatening injuries. Police say following theay shootout the suspect was able to get into a car and take off. The guy crashed that car just down the street from the fr Shopping Center an able get some video of that vehicle as it was being toed away. After the crash the suspects car j
He starts yelling, speed up, go. He was speeding up. He stopped the car. And he is going to get us like killed. He called the ambulance. And thats when he realized he had been hit. The lexus they were in had been pierced by bullets. Police believe that these rounds were fired from the suspects gun. While are you waiting for the paramedic, what are you guys talking about . I was just trying to tell him that everything will be fine. Police say the suspect crashed his original getaway car into a nearby shopping plaza, and then carjacks this vehicle, and crashes that on the 7600 block of hughes road and flees on foot. Are you thankful to be alive right now . Gosh, very, very thankful to god. Reporter zia said, and police confirm, that the victim was shot in the leg. He is going to be okay. Police also said the dry driver not suffer any injuries. Matt, it sounds like it was quite a scene. Was anyone else hit by bullets . Reporter no, no one else was hit. And zia did describe hearing eight o