Updated: November 8, 2017

FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 3 AM AT US 72 AND ALABAMA 101 IN ELGIN. A DEPUTY WITH THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING THAT INJURED ONE OF THREE SUSPECTS WHO WERE WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SERIES OF OVERNIGHT BURGLARIES. THE VEHICLE WAS SPOTTED IN ELGIN AND A SMALL CAR CHASE ENSUED WHICH ENDED AFTER THE DRIVER OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE RAMMED ONE OF THE PATROL CARS.  HE THEN TRIED TO RUN OVER A DEPUTY, WHO SHOT THE DRIVER IN THE SHOULDER. ALL THREE MEN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES.