James David Dickson The Detroit News A 29-year-old man suspected of shooting a Saginaw Township police officer was shot and arrested hours later in Shiawassee County, authorities said Tuesday. Joshua Rosebush was in custody at a hospital Tuesday afternoon, Michigan State Police said. He was in a vehicle about 1 p.m. when he shot at officers who were pursuing him. Authorities said the officers, who were not hit, returned fire, striking Rosebush. His condition was not immediately available. About 11 hours earlier, Saginaw Township Officer Jeff Koenig, 48, was shot in the face and shoulder after stopping a stolen pickup in Kochville Township, about 85 miles northwest of Detroit. Koenig, a 16-year department veteran, had pulled over the Ford F-250 about 2:12 a.m. at Tittabawassee near Bay Road, said Saginaw Township Police Chief Donald Pussehl Jr. The pickup pulled into a parking lot, but as the officer approached, the suspect pulled out a gun and started shooting. After he was shot, the officer fell to the ground but was able to radio for help. The suspect drove off. Koenig was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday. Pussehl said the officer followed protocol before the stop and radioed in the license plate number of the vehicle. The incident was captured on the officer's dashboard camera. Whether it also was captured on his body camera wasn't immediately known. "Most of our officers wear body cameras, and we’re still trying to locate that body camera. It might still be at the scene," Pussehl said. "It could have come off when the officer fell." Responding officers arrived within a minute or so of the shooting and transported the officer to the hospital. The department's critical incident stress debriefing team was brought in, as was the department chaplain, who spoke to the officers and sergeant who were on duty at the time. The stolen pickup was located Tuesday morning, hours before the suspect was arrested. Rosebush's arrest ended a manhunt spanning at least three counties: Saginaw, where the initial shooting took place; Genesee, where he was spotted less than a half-mile from a Michigan State Police post; and Shiawassee, where he was captured. Schools in three mid-Michigan districts initiated lockdown procedures as police searched for much of the day Tuesday. Rosebush has a lengthy criminal record. In March 2016, he was sentenced to 2-to-15 years in prison for assaulting/obstructing a police officer, along with two counts of stealing/retaining financial transaction devices. In April 2012, Rosebush was sentenced to 6 months to 15 years after pleading to assaulting or obstructing a police officer. He was free by May 2013, when he stole from a vehicle. That October, Rosebush pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing/retaining a financial transaction device without consent, along with one count of larceny from a motor vehicle, and was sentenced to just under two years. Chris Gautz, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections, said Rosebush was paroled in April but absconded from parole this month. Associated Press contributed.<doc-sep>UPDATE: Police, in a press conference, said they have recovered the truck mentioned in this article at a Home Depot in Flint Township. KOCHVILLE TWP, MI — Police are searching for Joshua M. Rosebush, 29, for questioning in connection with the shooting of a police officer about 2 a.m. Tuesday on Tittabawassee Road between Fashion Square Boulevard and Bay Road in Kochville Township. The officer was performing a traffic stop early Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, when he approached the vehicle and the driver shot him and fled. Police believe Rosebush is operating a stolen white 2013 Ford F-350 Super Duty pickup truck. The truck has black-and-yellow pinstripes on the sides and “AIS Construction” in the rear window, according to police. The Michigan license plate number is DB60703. Police consider Rosebush armed and dangerous and urge anyone with information about him to call 911. Michigan State Police are in charge of the investigation. A press conference was scheduled for 10:45 a.m. at the Saginaw Township Offices, 4930 Shattuck Road.<doc-sep>
A 29-year-old parole absconder who is accused of shooting a Saginaw Township police officer in the face during a traffic stop is in custody, according to Michigan State Police. Authorities said Joshua Rosebush is believed to have shot Officer Jeffrey Koenig after he pulled Rosebush over at about 2 a.m. Rosebush fled the scene in a stolen 2013 Ford Super Duty truck, which was recovered near Flint. Koenig, 46, is currently in critical condition, but is stable, said the Saginaw Township Police Department. He a 16-year veteran of the department. Rosebush led police on a brief chase in Shiawasee County, MSP said on Twitter. He was shot by police after he fired at officers and was being transported to an area hospital. On the Michigan State Police's Twitter account, a Bay Region post said that Rosebush was last seen in the area of Corunna and Linden Roads in Flint Township around 8 a.m. Rosebush is listed on the Michigan Department of Corrections website. He served a two-year sentence at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson from 2016 until 2018, said MDOC public information officer Chris Gautz. He was charged with assaulting or obstructing a public officer and two counts of retaining financial transactions without consent. Rosebush was arrested in 2011 after he attempted to run away from a state trooper in Vassar. Gautz said the officer approached the man because he thought Rosebush looked suspicious. The officer soon realized he was intoxicated. Another incident happened in 2013 when Rosebush stole items from a Vassar Rite Aid, along with items from vehicles in the parking lot. Objects stolen included a purse and an iPhone. After Rosebush was released from prison, he was ordered to wear an electric tether. However, he found a way to remove the tether Jan. 3 and absconded parole. More:Saginaw Twp. officer shot in face during traffic stop More:2 killed in Trenton when car hits side of moving train