A suspected drunk driver barreled into a crowd of bystanders and police officers responding to a disturbance near a Green Bay, Wisconsin, food truck early Saturday, injuring four cops and triggering a chase that ended with a PIT maneuver.

Green Bay police officers arrived at the scene around 2:15 a.m. local time after reports of a disturbance. They were in the process of taking people into custody when a car drove straight toward the gathered bystanders and officers, the New York Post reported. One officer opened fire at the vehicle. No one was struck by the gunfire.

The driver fled. A short police chase followed before officers executed a PIT maneuver, a controlled bumper strike that forces a fleeing car to spin out, and brought the vehicle to a stop. The driver was taken into custody without further incident on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

Some officers were already hurt before the car charged the crowd

All four officers sustained injuries described as non-life-threatening, and all four received medical treatment. But the injuries did not all come from the vehicle itself.

Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis told reporters at a subsequent news conference that some of the officers' injuries occurred earlier in the encounter, while they were trying to take individuals into custody during the initial disturbance. The department has not released the names or ranks of the injured officers, nor has it identified the suspect.

Davis also said investigators do not yet know whether the driver had any connection to the original disturbance at the food truck. That question, whether the suspect deliberately targeted officers or drunkenly careened into a chaotic scene, remains unanswered. Fox News reported the same account, confirming the timeline and the OVI arrest.

The Brown County Sheriff's Office will assist Green Bay police in investigating the officer-involved shooting, a standard step when a law enforcement officer discharges a firearm.

Vehicles used against officers: a pattern that keeps repeating

The Green Bay incident adds to a growing list of cases in which suspects have used vehicles as weapons against law enforcement. In Houston, an ICE officer fatally shot a Mexican national who allegedly rammed agents during an enforcement stop.

A separate case in Maine ended with a suspected Colombian national dead after allegedly driving a vehicle into ICE agents, another stark reminder of the dangers officers face on routine calls.

What makes the Green Bay case particularly unsettling is how fast a routine disturbance call escalated. Officers showed up to handle a commotion near a food truck in the middle of the night. Within minutes, they were dodging a moving car, one of them was pulling a trigger, and four were heading for medical treatment. The suspect's only confirmed charge so far is drunk driving.

Authorities have not said how many shots the officer fired, where those rounds landed, or whether any bystanders were hurt by the vehicle. The nature of the original disturbance has not been disclosed either. Those gaps matter, they will determine whether this case stays a drunk-driving arrest or escalates into something more serious.

Across the country, attacks on law enforcement officers continue to make headlines, from ambush shootings to vehicular assaults. Green Bay is not a city that typically lands in the national crime blotter. Saturday's incident is a reminder that the threat to officers on patrol does not respect city size or geography.

Chief Davis held his news conference but left key questions open. No formal charges beyond the OVI suspicion have been announced. The suspect has not been named. And the department has offered no assessment of whether the driver acted with intent or was simply too impaired to control the vehicle.

Four officers treated, one investigation launched, and plenty still unknown

For now, the confirmed facts are narrow: four officers hurt, none critically. One officer fired, hitting no one. A drunk-driving suspect in custody. A line-of-duty injury count that could have been far worse.

The Brown County Sheriff's Office investigation will determine whether the shooting was justified and whether the driver faces additional charges. Until then, four Green Bay cops went to work on a Saturday night, responded to a call at a food truck, and ended up in a hospital.

That is the job. And the people who make it harder, whether through recklessness, impairment, or intent, ought to answer for it fully.