Chris Bonanno

FLORIDA TODAY

Update, 5 p.m., August 5:

The two suspects taken into custody in relation to Thursday's incident in Titusville have been identified.

According to the Titusville Police Department, 30-year-old Ariel L. Smith of Titusville was charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and fleeing and eluding.

Richard Desi Arjona, 37, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, resisting officers with violence and shooting into a dwelling.

All of the charges are felonies.

At a hearing at the Brevard County Jail in Sharpes on Friday, a judge set the bond for Arjona at $193,000.

"I had no choice but to discharge my firearm," he said before having a public defender appointed to him.

Smith bonded out of jail and did not make an appearance on Friday.

Arjona's next hearing is set for Sept. 1.

Original story:

An officer was unharmed after an alleged shooting suspect tried to hit the officer with their car on Thursday evening at the El Leoncito restaurant in Titusville.

According to Titusville Police Chief John Lau, police received a call of shots fired at an apartment complex on the 800 block of Sycamore Avenue, just north of the restaurant.

"As officers were responding, a vehicle matching the description of the one involved in the shooting sped out of the parking lot," Lau said.

Officers, Lau said, followed the car. It was not being driven reckless and it stopped at one point at which a point passenger got out and ran. That suspect was later apprehended.

Meanwhile, the female driver of the vehicle went into the restaurant parking lot, where she was met by officers.

"At first she was compliant, everything seemed like it was de-escalating and as soon as officers put a hand out to get her out of the car, she immediately fled back in the car, threw it in drive and drove right at one of our officers, actually pinning them against the windshield," Lau said.

That's when gunfire began.

"Shots were fired. Nobody was hurt. Nobody was injured. Nobody was even hit," Lau added.

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An investigation continues at an apartment complex off Sycamore Street after a report of shots fired just before 6 p.m. on Thursday.

"Anytime there's any type of violence, it's concerning and then when it's around people, it's even more concerning. The frustrating part for us is more and more, we have folks that do not comply with our legal, lawful orders and this driver, if she would have stopped her vehicle and done what the officers said, we wouldn't be here talking right now," Lau added. "This happens day in and day out and that's the frustrating part - why do you not stop?"

The two officers involved in the incident were placed on administrative leave.

The restaurant is open for business.

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