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FORT WORTH, Texas — The suspect who was shot by officers in a chase in northside Fort Worth last week pointed a gun to his head after carjacking a man, according to dash-cam footage released Tuesday by Fort Worth police.

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Officers identified the suspect as 28-year-old Jaquin Guzman, but are still working to confirm his identity, police chief Neil Noakes said at a news conference Tuesday.

The suspect was arrested on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, aggravated robbery, and evading arrest. Guzman has been in the hospital since Thursday and is in stable condition, says Noakes.

The police chase started at around 5:15 p.m. that day when officers received a notification of a stolen vehicle on Ephriham and Azle Ave.

The dash-cam video starts with showing a maroon GMC truck driving past a stop sign, ramming into a patrol vehicle, and driving past. The suspect was driving recklessly throughout the 20-minute long police chase.

The chase came to an end when the suspect stopped the truck in front of a gas station off the intersection of NW 28th Street and McKinley Avenue.

Officers are heard giving the suspect orders to show their hands and drop his weapon as he runs out of the vehicle with a long gun, the video shows.

He is seen carjacking an occupied white SUV as the victim runs off, to which five officers fired their weapons multiple times, according to Noakes.

As police halted their gunfire, they continued to give the suspect orders to drop his weapon. The footage shows the suspect getting out of the white SUV, walking away, and pointing a gun to his head.

He falls to the ground as police resumed firing at him, according to the video. The suspect was struck seven times in his upper and lower body, according to Noakes.

Police initially said the suspect pointed his gun in the direction of a business when officers fired their weapons at him.

Officers immediately began providing medical aid to Guzman, who was shot several times, police said.

After being asked about the extent of the chase, Noakes said the department will be reviewing how police chase policies were reflected in the incident.

“I got some questions on some things. Anytime we have a pursuit, we got to go through and look through everything. These things are happening so fast and they’re so dynamic, but we have to go through them with a fine-tooth comb to make sure policy is followed,” said Noakes.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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