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Update: Des Moines police officials on Tuesday said the officer who was shot in the head remains in a local hospital in critical condition. The officer shot in the arm has been released from the hospital. None of the officers involved, or the suspect who was killed in the shooting, has been publicly identified.Two Des Moines police officers are in the hospital and a suspect is dead after an exchange of gunfire early Monday morning on the east side of Des Moines. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle around 1:40 a.m. near the 2500 block of Easton Boulevard. The driver didn’t stop, according to a news release from Des Moines police, and the officers pursued. The suspect vehicle crashed at E. 24th Street and Easton Boulevard. The driver didn't comply with instructions to surrender to officers on the scene, Sgt. Paul Parizek said in a news conference from the scene Monday morning.Officers used a taser to attempt to subdue the man, identified only as a 37-year-old male, then "violently struggled" with the four officers on the scene. "At one point (he) was on the ground outside the car, kicking up — that's when he pulled the handgun and started firing," Parizek said. Three officers returned fire, fatally wounding the man, who Parizek believed to be from Carlisle. Those three officers are on administrative assignment, per department policy.Police officials did not say how many shots were fired, but evidence on the scene shows what looks like more than two dozen casings."You're taking care of that threat," Parizek said. "You're going to keep shooting until that threat's taken care of."One officer was struck in the head and the other in the arm. Both are being treated at local hospitals for injuries not considered life-threatening."One of them is not able to talk to us. He's he's going to have some, pretty extensive care ongoing right now. the second one has been able to talk to his friends and speak with the chief,"Parizek said."All in all, we're very, very fortunate. When you look at a close-quarters shooting like that, plus an officer being struck in the head, we could be telling a very, very different story right now if the circumstances ... were a millimeter different." Replay: Des Moines police news conference after deadly shootingParizek said officers understand that any interaction can turn violent."It's definitely something you're aware of when you sign on," he said. "We know what the risks are. But as you look around the country right now there's a cop being shot about every 22 hours. That's definitely something we take note of."We understand the risks. We do everything we can to keep ourselves safe but our job is to stand in between you and danger like what we saw earlier tonight." » Download the free ����vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from ����vlogMonday's deadly shooting comes just about 2 months after another incident in which officers shot and killed an armed suspect following a pursuit. Officers were called on July 30 to a residence in the 5800 block of SE 35th Circle for a report of a person violating a protective order. Police found the suspect, Weston Dean Derby, 45, of Bellevue, Nebraska, driving near the scene and attempting to stop his vehicle.Derby led a chase that ended in the 4300 block of East Army Post Road. Derby then ran away on foot while two officers followed him. Police said Derby then pulled a gun and pointed it at his head before turning it toward the officers, who shot and killed him.An officer injured by friendly fire was treated at a local hospital and released about a week after the shooting.Deadly Des Moines shooting: Sgt. Paul Parizek gives a briefing from sceneDeadly Des Moines shooting: ‘We need medics for … 2 officers,’ initial call to dispatch saysDeadly Des Moines shooting: Timeline of shootingDes Moines mayor condemns deadly gun violence over the weekend