Hundreds ordered to shelter-in-place after officer involved shooting at Gilroy High stadium

The driver lost control of the vehicle and was then immediately placed under arrest. The driver lost control of the vehicle and was then immediately placed under arrest. Photo: Bill Hutchinson / The Chronicle Photo: Bill Hutchinson / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 28 Caption Close Hundreds ordered to shelter-in-place after officer involved shooting at Gilroy High stadium 1 / 28 Back to Gallery

This article originally appeared on KCRA.com.

An officer-involved shooting during a youth football tournament prompted a shelter-in-place warning at Gilroy High School's football stadium, according to Gilroy Police captain Joseph Deras.

Officers came to the high school looking for a man suspected of stealing a vehicle. When they arrived, they found the man driving the stolen vehicle across a field at the complex.

An officer tried to stop the driver on foot and at one point the driver accelerated at the officer who fired an unknown number of shots at the man.

The driver lost control of the vehicle and was then immediately placed under arrest.

Deras said no one was hit by the gunfire or injured during the incident.

Sometime during the incident, a shelter-in-place announcement was made over the stadium's PA system. Deras said there were between 500-600 middle schoolers playing in a football tournament at the time and there was also youth baseball games happening nearby.

The vehicle was reported stolen sometime Sunday morning and the man arrested was considered the suspect.

Deras said the incident at Gilroy High School started around 1 pm when the suspected car thief called police to tell them he didn't steal the vehicle.

Deras said dispatch was able to locate the man through the phone call and that's when they found him at the high school stadium.

The incident is under investigation and the man is expecting to facing several charges.