By Associated Press - Friday, March 1, 2019

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say two people have been shot by a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy during a confrontation at a gas station.

News outlets report that Knox County sheriff’s officers were trying to serve felony warrants on a person at a Kroger gas station Friday when the driver of a car slammed into a deputy’s cruiser, pinning it between two vehicles.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Kimberly Glenn said the deputy fired shots, hitting the driver and a passenger. The driver then left the gas station and went onto an Interstate 40 ramp before other officers chased and stopped the vehicle.

Both the driver and passenger were taken to a hospital. They were expected to survive. News outlets say the officer also was checked out at a hospital.

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating.

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