Authorities Monday released video footage of a police shooting that left a car thief suspect with non fatal bullet wounds following a road chase from Lincoln Park to the La Presa neighborhood of Spring Valley.
Officer Henry Ingram Jr. of the San Diego Police Department opened fire on Edwaun Walter Thames, 39, when the suspect appeared to reach for a pistol — actually a novelty cigarette lighter designed to look like a handgun — after crashing the stolen white 2005 Lexus he was driving near Sweetwater Lane County Park, according to SDPD public affairs.
The roughly 10-minute pursuit began at about 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, when a patrol officer spotted the Lexus near the intersection of Euclid and Imperial avenues.
When the lawman tried to pull him over, Thames stopped briefly, then sped off, according to police…