UCON — Two Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies returned fire from an unidentified man shooting from a vehicle early Wednesday morning on North County Line Road near 95th East.

The man was transported by ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, said Sgt. Bryan Lovell, Bonneville County Sheriff’s spokesman. None of the deputies involved were injured during the incident.

It is unknown how the man was struck by fire, Lovell said. He could have shot himself or been struck by returning fire.

The man was being sought for his involvement in a physical domestic altercation and a stolen vehicle in Madison County, Lovell said. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office advised around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday that they were looking for this person.

The man was believed to be armed and there were indications his intent was to commit suicide by a police officer, Lovell said. Madison County deputies had found information indicating the man may be in the Idaho Falls area and requested assistance searching for him.

At 11 p.m. Tuesday, deputies had encountered a man driving the vehicle in question in a reckless manner with no lights on near South Ammon Road and 49th South, Lovell said. The circumstances surrounding the vehicle or the Madison County incident were not known at that time.

As a deputy attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, the driver fled at a high rate of speed and the stop was discontinued for safety reasons.

As the search continued, Madison County deputies received information just after 5:30 a.m. the man was near 17th Street and Ammon Road, Lovell said. Deputies responding to the area noticed the vehicle on Ammon Road traveling northbound at a high rate of speed with no headlights on, almost striking other vehicles and going over the roundabout island at Ammon Road and Lincoln Road.

Deputies attempted to get behind and stop the vehicle but lost sight of it weaving in and out of traffic in the dark, Lovell said.

Moments later another deputy in an unmarked patrol car spotted the vehicle in the City of Ucon, still traveling with no lights on and weaving into oncoming lanes of traffic, Lovell said. The deputy followed the vehicle on North Yellowstone to North County Line Road, where the vehicle turned east, until more patrol cars could get to the area.

As the vehicle was approaching 95th East, a deputy attempted to stop it using a PIT technique, which turned the vehicle off the side of the road and into the gutter, Lovell said. That’s when the driver began firing rounds.

Deputies provided medical assistance until ambulance personnel arrived, Lovell said. No other occupants were in the man’s vehicle.

Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse requested assistance from the East Idaho Critical Incident Team to investigate the incident. The Bingham County/Blackfoot Police Investigations team are leading the investigation with assistance from multiple area agencies.

The East Idaho Critical Incident Team is made up of detectives and resources from multiple city, county and state law enforcement agencies across Eastern Idaho.

The investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time.