Winnipeg man shot by police in Portage la Prairie after pinning officer with vehicle

A 27-year-old man from Winnipeg is in the hospital after he was shot by police officers he allegedly rammed with his car in Portage la Prairie early Wednesday morning.

The man is now facing an attempted murder charge.

Mounties responded to a call about a break-in at a business in Portage la Prairie, Man., about 80 kilometres west of Winnipeg, just before 4 a.m., an RCMPnews release said.

They found a suspect, a 27-year-old man from Winnipeg, driving on Highway 1, police said.

When an officer tried to stop the vehicle, it rammed the police vehicle several times and tried to run it off the road, the RCMP news release said.

The police vehicle was pinned between the suspect's vehicle and the trailer it was towing.

When the officer got out of theRCMP vehicle, the man drove toward the officer, who fired his pistol at him,the release said.

The man then sped off in his vehicle, but was apprehended by police shortly afterand taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound where he remains in stable condition. The officer has minor physical injuries.

Manitoba's police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit, has been notified and says itwill investigate.