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The shooting happened near Main Street and Crismon Road around 4 p.m. Tuesday. Author: 12 News Updated: 12:33 PM MST March 17, 2021
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. The Apache Junction Police Department officer who was injured during a shooting on Tuesday has been identified.
Officer Brian Brugman, 29, had been with the department for more than four years and was promoted to motorcycle officer in January.
Police said Brugman was among the officers who stopped a black pickup truck that was reported stolen around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday near Main Street and Crismon Road.
That s when a shootout between the officers and a suspect ensued.
Investigators said the truck was involved in a separate pursuit earlier this week but managed to evade police at the time.
An Apache Junction officer was hospitalized Tuesday after being shot, police said.
The officer was shot just before 4 p.m. near Crismon Road and Apache Trail near Mesa, Apache Junction Police Department spokesperson Marshall Harshman said.
Police found a black, stolen truck at a Bank of America in Apache Junction earlier in the week. The vehicle fled the scene and officers followed, but said they stopped the pursuit “out of concern for the safety of the public, Harshman said.
About 2 p.m. Tuesday, officers received confirmation the truck had been spotted again in the area near Crismon Road and Apache Trail. About 3:45 p.m., officers found the truck in the parking lot of the Up in Smoke Shop where Harshman said two men in the truck started ramming into the officers’ vehicles.
Apache Junction PD: Officer in stable condition after being shot by suspects
By Bailey Miller and FOX 10 Staff
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Apache Junction PD: Officer in stable condition after being shot by suspects
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. - An Apache Junction Police officer was shot and hospitalized on Tuesday, March 16, said a spokesperson for the department, adding that the shooting stemmed from a stolen vehicle investigation.
The incident unfolded near
Main Street and Merrill Road when police say a stolen car suspect returned to a bank it was reported to be at earlier this week.
During the first report this week, police say the suspect led officers on a pursuit but it was terminated. When they got word the suspect was back at the location on Tuesday, officers began searching for the car.