An investigation remains underway on Wednesday, after the Boston Police Department says an officer shot at an SUV Tuesday night during an incident in Jamaica Plain.
A search is ongoing for the suspect involved in the case.
Ongoing search for suspect
Police say what led up to the officer firing his gun into the windshield of the SUV remains under investigation.
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Two law enforcement sources told the NBC10 Boston Investigators that police had been pursing the suspect’s maroon SUV earlier in the day but were called off.
They later spotted it on Wachusett Street in Jamaica Plain and approached the SUV from the front.
Those sources said that as the car began to roll toward them, an officer fired one round that went through the front windshield and exited the back of the SUV, as the vehicle drove off.
The suspect’s SUV was found about a half mile away, parked on Weld Hill, with no sign of the suspect. Police are looking for a white male who took off on foot, and they say they don’t believe he was struck by the officer’s bullet.
As police searched on foot and with K-9s, they blocked off several streets in the neighborhood for hours Tuesday night.
Boston police ask for public's help
Anyone with any information on this suspect is urged to contact police.
“We’ve canvased the area, we’ve contacted the hospitals, as of right now, in the preliminary stage of the investigation, we believe no one has been hit," Deputy Superintendent James Miller, of the Boston Police Department said. "However, we do urge the public to contact us with any information.”
Neighbors react to situation in Hyde Park
“Around here, this doesn't really happen too much," Rene Capeles said, who lives nearby. "So it’s just a quiet neighborhood around here, you don’t really see this kind of thing, but I hope they catch the guy, they are still looking for him.”
“I was in my yard, playing with my dog and all the sudden heard some people shouting obscenities at each other over here and then a ‘pop!’ and then someone sort of screamed," a man named Jacob who heard the gunfire said.
Editors Note: Police initially said the incident happened in Hyde Park.
