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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 police identified the officer who was shot and wounded while investigating a stolen vehicle Tuesday as Brian Brugman.
Brugman, 29, is in stable condition after undergoing surgery late Tuesday at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, according to a news release Wednesday from Apache Junction Police Department. We are told he is awake and alert this morning, the release stated.
Brugman has been a member of the department for a little more than 4 years and was promoted to motorcycle officer in January.
Police found a stolen truck earlier this week at a Bank of America, officials said Tuesday. The vehicle fled and officers followed, but the pursuit was stopped for public safety concerns, according to department spokesperson Marshall Harshman.
Apache Junction police officer shot chasing vehicle; stable after surgery Apache Junction police officer in stable condition after being shot on Tuesday, Mar. 16. (Source: AZ Family) By KOLD News 13 Staff | March 17, 2021 at 11:16 AM MST - Updated March 17 at 11:16 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - An Apache Junction police officer is now stable after being shot while chasing a suspected stolen vehicle on Tuesday, Mar. 16.
Cpl. Marshall Harshman with the Apache Junction Police Department said the officer has been identified as Officer Brian Brugman.
According to law enforcement, Brugman was among officers pursuing a suspected stolen truck wanted in connection to a vehicle theft at a Bank of America a few days ago. When officers tried to stop the truck and the driver tried to ram the officers several times, Harshman said.