From Loretta Kalb:
A Twin Rivers Police Officer fired his handgun this morning, injuring a burglary suspect in the upper body after the North Highlands man drove his car directly toward the officer, Sacramento County Sheriff's officials said.
The officer, a 28-year-old three-year-veteran of the department, was not identified.
The Sheriff's Department said the officer was responding to a residential burglary call at 4:45 a.m. on the 3900 block of Floral Drive when he encountered 40-year-old Bradford Scott Steward, who refused orders to stop and, instead, got into his vehicle and drove toward the officer as he sought to escape.
"Fearing he was in imminent danger of death or great bodily injury, the officer drew his department-issued semi-automatic handgun and fired multiple shots," the department said in a news release.
Steward was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as not life threatening. He will be booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and burglary, the department said.
The Sheriff's Department's Homicide Unit is investigating the shooting. The Sacramento County District Attorney's office is expected to join in the investigation. The Twin Rivers Police Department will conduct its own administrative investigation.
Twin Rivers Police officer involved in this shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave, standard procedure for officer-involved shootings.
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