Police apprehended a Madison man Saturday night near Langdon Street after the intoxicated suspect nearly struck two Madison Police Department officers while driving his pickup truck.

Dannon Mourfield, 33, was arrested for first-degree recklessly endangering safety and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Neither of the officers nor Mourfield were injured, according to the report, and the Madison Police Department is investigating the incident.

After the vehicle fled from a police car after being pulled over, two officers continued on a foot-chase and eventually had to shoot the tires of the car when it began accelerating towards them.

MPD Public Information Officer Mike Hanson said in such strange and dangerous occurrences, officers are trained to make a split-second decision about what is most important to protect.

"What we are trained to keep in mind is the safety of ourselves, the safety of the subject and the safety of the community," he said. "We are trained to stop a threat to any of these."

Hanson said deadly force was used in this situation because of this training.

"The officers felt it was necessary to use their weapons to stop the threat," he said. "If the use of deadly force is deemed the only way to stop the threat, then the department stands behind the decision."

Although the chase resulted in deadly force, Hanson said fleeing from officers is infrequent.

"Fortunately, situations like these are an anomaly," Hanson said. "Our officers are trained to deal with situations like these though."

According to the police report, an MPD officer observed a pickup truck driving recklessly and pulled it over on East Johnson Street near Fordem Avenue at about 8 p.m. Saturday night. However, the vehicle fled as the officer approached.

The officer followed the pickup on foot, deciding it would be more effective given the weather and traffic conditions, according to the report. The pickup drove into a parking lot on East Gilman and North Butler Streets, and the officer on foot was joined by another officer.

The report states the driver turned the pickup around, and refusing commands from the officers to exit the vehicle, accelerated the truck, narrowly missing both officers.

The officers fired their weapons at the truck, flattening the tires.

According to the report, the vehicle, with flat tires, continued to Howard Place, where it stopped. Mourfield ran and was apprehended nearby.