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Gun shots were fired during a standoff between police and a pair of shoplifting suspects holed up in a home near 19th Avenue and Cactus Road, police said.

Firefighters transported one person with undisclosed injuries to a hospital. The injured person was not a police officer or a firefighter, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

Phoenix Police Dept. spokeswoman Sgt. Mercedes Fortune says around 11:40 a.m. officers responded to a business in the area of Grand Avenue and Indian School Road after a reported shoplifting incident involving a pair of men.

Fortune says witnesses tried to stop the two men from leaving the store. One of the men pointed a handgun at the witness left in a vehicle.

Officers were able to track the men to a residence in the area of 2300 W. Windrose Lane. Officers in a police helicopter saw the vehicle arriving at the Windrose residence. Both men ran from the vehicle and entered the home.Around 8 p.m, Fortune said one suspect was taken into custody. S.W.A.T. units are on scene and the investigation is ongoing.

By Lokesh