Sardis police and Panola County Sheriff deputies pursued a wanted man over the course of an hour Sunday morning, before finally arresting him.

In the process, one Sardis police officer and one Panola County deputy were injured. One had been hit in the face and suffered bruised ribs, while the other suffered leg abrasions. Both were treated and released from the hospital.

The suspect, 21-year-old Kedric Norwood, also suffered minor injuries, but was released from an area hospital and booked into jail at about 9:15 a.m.

Norwood was wanted in Illinois and Iowa for felony fleeing. Most recently, he was a person of interest in a shooting in Rock Island, Ill.

Sunday's chase started at around 5:00 a.m. in Sardis, when an officer stopped a red, Chevrolet Silverado pick-up with Georgia plates. The vehicle had evaded a deputy earlier that morning.

The driver pulled over at the Kangaroo Express on Lee Street. It was occupied by a female driver and a male passenger, Kedric Norwood.

Norwood allegedly gave police a fake name, and then took off running behind the store into a field.

Marcel Jojola, the Sardis police chief, said, "We found narcotics at that location, which we believed that he tossed."

Chief Jojola said that the police officer and deputies, who had come to help, chased Norwood but lost the suspect when he jumped into a ditch.

Authorities then alerted local motels with a description of Norwood's tattoo, which is in the shape of the state of Mississippi.

Soon, Jojola said, "We received a call from the Super 8 Motel that the subject was there, trying to get a room for the night."

When officers arrived, Norwood tried to run again. This time, he picked a door that led to a storage room. An officer and a deputy fought him inside, but he managed to escape. He jumped over a couch in the lobby to get out through the front door.

Norwood then got in a brand new, Sardis patrol car.