HALTOM CITY, Texas — Updated at 11:45 a.m. Monday with additional information about the suspects.
Officers responding to the report of a person shot with a handgun ended up chasing a vehicle from Haltom City in Tarrant County to near Canton in Van Zandt County early Sunday.
The shooting incident took place around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2300 block of Thomas Road in Haltom City.
Police say responding officers found a 23-year-old woman who had suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen at the scene. She was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital. Her condition is not known.
When they arrived, officers tried but failed to stop a car leaving the area of the shooting and a chase ensued, Haltom City police said.
The driver, 42-year-old Rhoda Jimenez, and the passenger, 37-year-old Armando Dimas, Jr., were taken into custody at the end of the chase, according to police.
They are both being held at the North Richland Hills Jail on charges of evading arrest in a vehicle and aggravated assault, police said.
Authorities said they do not know if or how they involved in the shooting and that the investigation is ongoing.
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