A dramatic video captured an officer involved in a shooting in American Fork after a shoplifting suspect fled in a car and hit a woman, taking a 5-year-old child with him.

American Fork police said the child was dropped off by the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Danny Sihalath, at a distant relative’s house. They said the car was dumped in West Valley.

The woman he hit, who had some relation to the suspect, was booked on charges of felony obstruction and retail theft charges Wednesday morning.

This all happened in a Walmart parking lot, in front of terrified customers like Marie Loveless.

“I could see the police officer with his arms out pointing a gun at him and that was alarming,” Loveless said.

She shared video of the incident with 2News, capturing the moments shots were fired and the car sped off.

“All of a sudden I heard gunshots which really caught me off guard,” Loveless said.

But from her vantage point it was hard to make out what was happening.

“There were so many lights and so many other cars in the way that I couldn’t actually see what was going on,” she said.

Colton Ennis was sitting in a car not far from the vehicle that sped off.

“I was probably two cars behind him,” Ennis said. “I was like 20 feet away watching this whole thing happen.”

He watched as police surrounded the car, and a woman got out.

“She put her hands up and the first thing that I remember her saying is there’s a kid in the car. There’s a kid in the car," Ennis said.

Ennis said a man with a bandana got into the drivers seat, popped it into reverse and pulled out.

"She was standing right here and he just clipped her. Next thing I saw she was on the ground," he said. “As he’s driving away one of the officers fired probably four or five shots in the window like pretty point blank to me. Like it was pretty controlled shooting.”

According to Lt. Josh Christensen with the American Fork Police Department, it was a Utah County Sheriff’s Deputy that fired the shots. He said officers didn’t hear the woman shouting about the child inside.

“If she was it didn’t get back to the officers. They didn’t hear it. They didn’t know so at that time there was no knowledge of anybody else in the vehicle at all actually.”

Christensen said the child was found sometime later unharmed. And based on the blood inside, police believe Sihalath was hit by at least one of the bullets.

Hospitals in several counties have been told to be on the lookout for him, but he still hasn’t been found. Christensen said while they don’t necessarily believe there is a threat to the community, but they do consider him dangerous.

If you know where the suspect might be you’re asked to contact American Fork Police. If you see him, police said you shouldn’t approach him.