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A man is in police custody Friday morning after firing shots at officers during a foot chase Thursday.View videoThe chase was reported just before midnight on University Avenue in Des Moines.An officer tried to make a traffic stop in the 400 block of University Ave. The vehicle was stopped at 4th Street and University, and a man ran from the vehicle.Police conducted a search of the area in which the man was spotted several times but remained ahead of officers.When the foot chase reached the area near 4th Street and Orchard, police reported hearing shots fired in the area. The man then shot at an officer pursuing him, but didn't hit the officer, according to a police report."During that time, the suspect fired two rounds at the officer," said police spokesman Sgt. Jason Halifax. "One striking the ground right at his feet, one striking the garage behind where he was standing.""I heard them say 'Stop, stop!' and then two shots 'Pow, pow,'" said witness Montez Camp.A K9 dog was brought in to track the man.The man was found laying in the underbrush of some woods. Officers said they repeatedly ordered the man to show is hands, but he did not comply.The man was apprehended by the K9 and was then handcuffed by officers. "It was loud. The way the guy was screaming, they were telling him get down get down get down and then 'Ahhhhhhh,'" said Camp.Police identified the man by an ID found on him as Michael Speech. He was taken to Broadlawns Medical Center to be treated, where he received a bandage around his head.Police continued to search the chase area and found a gun in the woods close to where the man was arrested.Speech, 20, of Des Moines, is in the Polk County Jail charged with attempt to commit murder, carrying weapons, assault on a police officer with a weapon, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and interference with official acts. His bond is set at more than $52,000.This is the third incident this week where Des Moines police have encountered a life-threatening situation that forced officers to decide if they would use their weapons. It was on Tuesday that police heard gunshots and found two men with handguns, one holding the other at gunpoint. Wednesday, police shot a man who came at them with a knife."We usually don't see this number of incidences in the course of a week," said Halifax. He said officers are allowed discretion, according to the situation."It's concerning that we have these three life or death situations in one week's time basically in 3 or 4 days' time, but it's also a reflection of society today and how it's becoming, society's becoming more and more violent as we go," said Halifax.The case remains under investigation.