A Honolulu police officer shot and wounded a fleeing driver as his car dragged another officer down Cooke Street this morning, Honolulu police Maj. Clayton Kau said.

The shooting took place at Cooke Street and Kapiolani Boulevard, Kau said. The 29-year-old suspect escaped a police chase but later turned himself in at Kapiolani Medical Center at Pali Momi, Kau said. He was in good condition at another Honolulu hospital, Kau said.
The man will be arrested when he is released from the hospital, Kau said. The case is being treated as attempted murder in the first degree.
According to Kau, the incident began at 11:19 a.m. when an anonymous woman reported that a man was sleeping in a car on Cooke Street.
The first officer to arrive found a man sleeping in the car with the motor running, woke him up and ordered him to turn off the engine, Kau said. The man complied.
At the officer’s request, the driver provided his identification and car registration.
Two other officers arrived and the first officer on the scene moved to the rear of the car, while the second officer continued to question the driver, Kau said. The third officer stood on the sidewalk.
The second officer was at the driver’s side of the car and told the man to hand over the keys, Kau said. But the driver instead started the engine and began to drive off when the officer leaned in and tried to snatch the keys.
As the car dragged the officer down Cooke Street, the officer at the rear of the car fired three times, striking the car in the right rear window, rear window and trunk, Kau said.
The officers then chased the car across Kapiolani and onto King Street but lost it. The driver abandoned the silver, two-door Honda Civic at North School Street and Lanakila Avenue in Kailhi.

The officer who fired the shots has been placed on routine administrative leave, Kau said.
Colin Takashima was in his office at 711 Kapiolani, which overlooks the intersection of Kapiolani and Cooke Street, when he heard three gunshots and saw two police officers running in the street.
The officers then jumped in their car and pursured a car heading away, Takashima said.
Anou Sithammalat, who works in the Salon Reve on Cooke, said he also heard the shots. He then looked through the window of the hair salon.
“When the man was trying to drive away one officer had jumped into the car, and then the officers went after him,” Sithammalat said.