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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Metro Crime Stoppers released photos of a man and the truck he fled in after allegedly shooting at another person Saturday morning on East Central.

The shooting, according to the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department, led Chief Harold Medina to run a red light to avoid gunfire and crash into another car, seriously injuring a man.

Crime Stoppers鈥� release showed a man wearing all black, with a beanie and long red beard. He appeared to be smoking a cigarette.

The release included a photo of the truck the man left in: a white early 2000s lifted Nissan Frontier with off-road tires, black rims, a camper shell and aftermarket grille guard.

No one was injured in the shooting itself, but police say a driver was seriously injured after Medina crashed into him while trying to get away. The man was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition but is expected to recover.

Medina and his wife, who was in the unmarked APD truck with him, were not injured.

Police said Medina took a breathalyzer and drug test after the crash and requested an internal investigation be done because he did not have his lapel camera on.

On Tuesday, APD said Medina blew zeros on the breathalyzer and the 鈥渄rug test is pending.鈥�

鈥淭his weekend was a big reminder to me what it was like to be a patrol officer and have to make difficult decisions, and life-and-death decisions, in a split second,鈥� Medina said in a video statement released Tuesday.

In the statement, titled 鈥淐hief鈥檚 Corner鈥� and sent to APD personnel, Medina said he was sorry for the man who was injured and wished him 鈥渁 speedy recovery.鈥�

鈥淲e did try to reach out to him and he is not ready to speak to us, and that鈥檚 not surprising,鈥� Medina said.

APD on Tuesday released the supplemental report from the incident.

About 9:15 a.m. Medina called over dispatch that he had been in a crash at Central and Alvarado and 鈥渢here were shots fired,鈥� according to the report. Medina told dispatch the man with the gun ran into the Tewa Lodge courtyard, where officers searched to no avail.

The report said Medina told officers he was parked at the intersection when two men began arguing in front of the motel and one pulled out a gun. Medina told police he 鈥渃ould see the barrel of the gun and knew he was in the line of fire so he immediately began driving.鈥�

Investigation found Medina drove through a red light and crashed into the driver, who was headed east on Central.

In the video statement, Medina said he 鈥渟tayed there a second (and) evaluated the situation.鈥� He said he decided the 鈥渂est thing鈥� was to get his wife out of harm鈥檚 way 鈥渁nd regroup.鈥�

Medina said he thought the oncoming car, a classic, gold Mustang, would pass through intersection before he got there. He added, 鈥渁nd it did not.鈥�

The police report said surveillance video showed the shooter ran west and got into a truck that was parked outside Caf茅 Da Lat. The person who was shot at did not stay at the scene or talk to police 鈥渁side from a short conversation with Chief Medina to tell him he was not shot.鈥�

In the video statement, Medina said he was going to a news conference on Saturday and took his wife along so they could get dinner after, as he had missed Valentine鈥檚 Day.

He said he pulled over to call in a request for officers to clear a homeless encampment on Alvarado, north of Central. Medina said his wife saw the men arguing first and told him, 鈥渓ook, those two homeless individuals are about to get into a fight.鈥欌��

鈥淚 do not know if they were homeless, but they were in some type of argument,鈥� he said.

During a news conference after the crash, Mayor Tim Keller implied that the fight and shooting were tied to encampments.

鈥淚t鈥檚 also not lost on us, the situation with respect to encampments and a firearm,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know any details but would not be surprised if there was fentanyl or whatever other illegal substance could have been exchanged. These are the kinds of things that we absolutely have to address.鈥�

Hours later, on Saturday afternoon, police shared a gunshot detection alert and investigative findings that showed the fight happened on the opposite side of the street and more than 100 feet from the encampment.

Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect or vehicle is asked to contact Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 505-843-STOP (7867) or .