The Indiana State Police has been requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving a Deputy with the St. Joseph County Police Department and an Officer with the Mishawaka Police Department.

Police were called just after 5 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 24, to a shots-fired incident in the 200 block of South Dixie Way in Roseland.

Accoring to the investigation, a St. Joseph County Deputy spotted the suspect vehicle, a Black 2004 Lincoln SUV, minutes later, and at attempted a traffic stop.  The driver of the vehicle fled leading responding officers in a pursuit.  The pursuit eventually headed south on Capital Avenue/Elm Road.  Officers with the Mishawaka Police Department joined in the pursuit.

The driver of the Lincoln drove into a field approximately one-half mile south of the intersection of Elm Road and Tyler Road, in Marshall County.  The driver then fled on foot.

Officers located the suspect and shots were fired by a St. Joseph County Deputy and an Officer with the Mishawaka Police Department.

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver has been identified as Johnny Lee Wood, 54 of Elkhart.

An autopsy is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday at the Marshall County Forensic Center.