DIGHTON, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a Kansas sheriff’s deputy has shot and wounded a fleeing motorist after he attempted to carjack another vehicle when two of his tires were flattened.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release that a Ness County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop the motorist Tuesday morning east of Ness City.  The truck  matched the description of one used in an armed robbery of a Dollar General store about 30 miles away in Dighton.   The KBI said the driver jumped out with a handgun and tried to carjack another vehicle, and that’s when the deputy fired several shots at him.

The suspect was identified as a 42-year-old man from Ashland City, Tennessee.  He was taken to a Wichita hospital, where he is in fair condition.