Kings County Sheriff's Office investigating an officer involved shooting in Lemoore

LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Kings County Sheriff's Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving a Lemoore Police Officer that happened near Vine and Iona Saturday night.

According to police, a female suspect led officers on a pursuit and they say the suspect was taken to the hospital and is in surgery.

Authorities said the investigation is still ongoing and we are waiting to find out what happened in those moments before the shooting when the pursuit ended.

A witness, David Alvarez, said, "You can hear yelling and all of a sudden you hear a pop and you could clearly hear it was a gun and the cop saying get down, get down."

The Critical Incident Team from the Kings County Sheriff's Office is taking over the investigation.