DRUG SUSPECT SHOT AFTER TRYING TO RUN DOWN POLICE

A 37-year-old Pontiac man suspected of selling a large amount of
cocaine to an undercover officer was shot twice Tuesday after he
attempted to run down police, Oakland County Sheriff's Office officials said.

According to Undersheriff Michael McCabe, the office's Narcotics
Enforcement Team was trying to arrest the man after the purchase at a
home on Maxwell Street in Pontiac at about 9 p.m.

"It was part of an ongoing investigation," McCabe said.

A sheriff's deputy and two other officers from two local departments
were involved in the shooting, McCabe said. The suspect remains under
police guard at a local hospital. His injuries are not believed to be
life threatening, McCabe said.

An officer who was struck by the suspect's vehicle had minor
injuries, McCabe said.

McCabe declined to give specifics of the case, citing the ongoing
investigation.

He said the suspect could face charges in the coming days.

The Narcotics Enforcement Team is a multi-jurisdictional unit made up
of sheriff's deputies and officers from 11 local police departments,
the Macomb County Sheriff's Office and federal authorities.