MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into a shooting involving a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper following a pursuit in Memphis early Wednesday morning.

According to THP, troopers were attempting to pull over a vehicle in Memphis on Wednesday morning when the driver sped off. The troopers then initiated a pursuit.

THP reported that the driver crashed a short time later.

As a trooper approached the vehicle, he “perceived a threat and discharged his weapon‚” according to THP’s report.

A passenger inside the crashed vehicle was struck during the incident and was later transported to the hospital for treatment. THP reported that the injured passenger was “conscious and alert” during transport.

The TBI is investigating the incident, as it does for any o

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