A suspect has been caught after a shooting involving Seminole Police Tuesday morning near a Hollywood casino, officials said.
According to a Seminole Police spokesperson, the incident occurred before 7 a.m. when officers responded to a medical issue that escalated into a police-involved shooting in the parking lot of the Seminole Classic Casino on State Road 7.
At one point a Seminole Police officer fired her weapon once at the male suspect who fled the scene into a commercial area west and south of the Seminole Classic Casino, south of Sterling Road, the spokesperson added.
No one was injured in the shooting.
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The Seminole Police Department was assisted by the Broward Sheriff's Office as well as the Hollywood Police Department and the suspect was apprehended around 8:30 a.m.
He was later identified as 26-year-old Solomon Eugene Terry.
According to the Seminole Police spokesperson, he is being charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
The Seminole spokesman said Terry didn't shoot at the officer.
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Records showed Terry had previously been arrested multiple times on charges including carrying a concealed weapon, drug trafficking and resisting an officer without violence. Those cases were closed.
He was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for which he had to go on probation.
