KINGDOM CITY, Mo. -- A car chase landed a Fulton man in the hospital after he was shot by a state trooper.
At 10:37 p.m. Thursday, a trooper with the Missouri Highway Patrol attempted to make a routine traffic stop on a Chevrolet passenger car heading east on I-70 near Kingdom City, according to a report.
A chase began after the driver, Ronnie Lee, 24, of Fulton, refused to stop. The pursuit entered Kingdom City where the vehicle came to a brief stop. A male passenger exited the vehicle and fled on foot, but was detained by an assisting trooper.
The vehicle continued onto U.S. 54 toward Fulton, and the Callaway County Sheriff's Department was notified. The pursuit entered Fulton and ended on Dawson Street where Lee displayed a handgun as he exited the vehicle. The trooper fired several rounds, hitting Lee once. He was then taken into custody and transported to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment, according to the report.
Later, Lee was released from the hospital and arrested for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana, felony possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, felony resisting arrest, felony unlawful use of a weapon, felon in possession of a firearm, excessive speeding and careless and imprudent driving. Lee is being held at the Callaway County Jail.
The handgun that was recovered at the scene had been reported stolen.
The investigation is ongoing and will be conducted by the Missouri Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control.