At 11:48 p. m. Sunday, Tampa Police officers were conducting a traffic stop at Rome Avenue and Green Street in West Tampa.

Officers at the scene reported that the driver refused to stop the car, and when the officers tried to box it in, the driver continued driving toward a squad car. An officer at the scene fired a shot at the suspect, who managed to escape. The car was found empty a short time later.

No one was injured in the incident, and police report that the driver was the only occupant of the vehicle at the time of the incident.

Police gave no description of the driver.