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Lawrence County's district attorney released dash cam video showing the shooting and arrest of Shawn Hobel, 34, of Ellwood City, on Tuesday. He led police on a chase that started as an attempted traffic stop in Shenango Township and ended on Interstate 376 westbound. Video shows the driver attempting to execute a U-turn on the interstate as police follow. Officers surround the car and the driver, identified by police as Hobel, pulls out a gun. "Mr. Hobel began shouting, 'I'm going to kill her' and pushed the point of the gun harder against the female's head," District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa said. Seconds later, a New Castle police officer fires into the driver's side windshield, striking and wounding Hobel. The pursuit ended near Route 224 in Union Township, Lawrence County Hobel was taken to Saint Elizabeth hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. No information about his condition was available. "This started with a suspicious vehicle call," Trooper James Long said. "Officers with Shenango PD arrived to see the vehicle." Long said Shenango Township officers tried to stop the car, but the driver took off. Officers with the New Castle Police Department and state police pursued the vehicle through Lawrence and Butler counties before it came to an end on I-376. Lamancusa said Hobel has a criminal history as a violent convicted felon. The officer who fired his weapon has not been identified, but remains on paid administrative leave. "Whenever the vehicle did come to a stop, the police cruisers were in the way of it, so it did appear that he was trying to turn around," Long said. The complaint said Hobel "placed a semiautomatic handgun to the left side of the victim's head, screaming that he was going to shoot the victim. A uniformed police officer from the City of New Castle Police Department discharged his issued duty weapon into the vehicle, striking the operator multiple times in the chest, abdomen and arms area." Police said Hobel's charges include aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. The victim was interviewed by State Police and implicated Hobel in multiple armed robberies in the area, according to the complaint. A news conference with State Police and the Lawrence County district attorney is scheduled for Thursday at 1:30 p.m.