A man was hospitalized after allegedly stealing a Tulsa police car, leading officers on a “dangerous” high-speed chase from Tulsa to Inola and being shot by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, authorities said.

Tulsa police on Sunday identified the man as Steven Cahill.

The incident began about 9:30 p.m. Saturday near 51st Street and Sheridan Road in Tulsa, where police reportedly were attempting to serve a felony warrant.

Cahill reportedly was able to escape from officers and steal a marked Tulsa police cruiser, authorities said.

A witness followed the fleeing police car and kept law enforcement informed of its direction, a news release from the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office said.

The police car went east on U.S. 412 with its emergency lights periodically activated, officials said.

When troopers from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol found the car, a high-speed chase ensued and continued east, until Cahill reportedly pulled the vehicle over near the Verdigris River, officials said.

“Radio traffic was relaying information to the pursuing troopers that the cruiser had firearms inside. The suspect was uncooperative with troopers and was shot in the arm by a trooper, but that shot did not stop the suspect,” the news release states.

Cahill reportedly re-entered the police car and continued eastbound on U.S. 412.

East of river, he reportedly crossed the center median and continued eastbound in the westbound lanes, the release stated.

Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton, monitoring radio traffic, was westbound on highway 412 when he spotted the fleeing police cruiser barreling directly toward him. Walton veered his vehicle and missed a head-on collision with the police car, the release states.

The chase continued until OHP troopers were able to bring the chase to an end by using a “pit maneuver,” in which a law enforcement vehicle was able to strike the police car from behind, causing it to turn sideways and eventually come to a stop.

The pursuit ended on highway 412 about a mile east of Oklahoma 88.

“Once stopped, the suspect reportedly kept the fight going,” the release states.

He was arrested following a physical confrontation with troopers and deputies and was taken by ambulance to St. John Medical Center.

Cahill was was expected to be released late Sunday or early Monday, after which he’ll be booked into the Tulsa Jail, Tulsa Police Capt. Karen Tipler said Sunday.

"This was an extremely dangerous situation," Walton said in the release. "The OHP and the law enforcement officers involved in getting his man stopped are owed a tremendous amount of credit for a job well done.

"I don't have any doubt that if this man hadn't been stopped, some innocent person would have been killed in a crash," Walton said.

No law enforcement officers were injured in the incident, the release said.

No information about officers involved in the shooting or the chase has been released.