WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say a fleeing suspect has been shot by a Clive officer after the suspect pointed a handgun at the officer. The Clive Police Department says in a news release that the shooting happened in West Des Moines early Saturday morning following a brief high-speed chase on Interstate 235 and, later, on foot.

Police say an officer chasing one suspect between houses shot the suspect after the fleeing man pointed a handgun at the officer. The suspect was rushed to a local hospital. Neither his identity nor his medical condition had been released by mid-morning Saturday.