UPDATE: Police name men in Palm Springs officer-involved shooting

Palm Springs Police investigate the scene where officers found suspects in a stolen truck at Springdale Court and Davis Road. One suspect was shot by a Palm Springs Police officer in Palm Springs, Florida on July 14, 2017. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post)

One man was shot and another taken into custody Friday afternoon following an officer-involved shooting near the Palm Springs Police Department headquarters, village police said.

Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Bonnie Boulevard, north of Alemeda Drive between Congress Avenue and Kirk Road, at about 1:15 p.m., said Edgar Morley, village police spokesman. Two men appeared to be sleeping in a white Dodge Ram pickup that was reported as abandoned in the Sabal Pointe condominiums.

Officers checked the truck’s license plate and learned the vehicle had was reported stolen Monday from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office jurisdiction, Morley said. They called for backup and tried to engage the truck’s occupants when additional officers arrived. The driver, 19-year-old Peterson Joseph, reportedly put the vehicle in reverse and backed it toward the officers.

“Based on those actions, one of the officers did discharge a single round toward the truck,” Morley said.

The bullet hit the rear passenger side window and continued on to hit Joseph in the driver’s seat, Morley said.

The truck traveled a short distance west before crashing and coming to a stop at Springdale Court and Davis Road. The two men fled on foot, Morley said.

The truck’s passenger, 18-year-old Angel Cancel, was quickly apprehended. Joseph — who was injured in the shooting — ran to the south, prompting police to set up a search perimeter. Minutes after the search began, Joseph turned himself in near Gulfstream Road and East Lake Road, less than a mile to the southwest of the crash scene.

Joseph was treated at the scene, taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and later released. Police did not say if either of the men face criminal charges.

The officer who fired the shot will be placed on paid leave, which is standard following officer-involved shootings. Police did not name any of the officers involved.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the shooting to determine whether the officer’s use of force was warranted.Two or three other officers responded to the scene, but it was unknown Friday whether they would be placed on paid leave as well.

“We will determine the facts of the case and provide that information to the State Attorney’s Office,” FDLE spokeswoman Jessica Cary wrote in an email Friday. “The value of a third-party investigation is there is no question the investigation is independent and impartial.”

Prior to Friday, the village’s most recent officer-involved shooting took place during September 2014 during the robbery of a TD Bank branch on Forest Hill Boulevard.