Honolulu police arrested a 38-year-old man in Waiahole today after he allegedly stole a police subsidized vehicle in Kaimuki on Monday and led police on an islandwide chase.

Spokeswoman Michelle Yu said the suspect was located on Waiahole Valley Road shortly before 10 a.m.

“He was taken into custody for a contempt warrant and has been transported to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the shoulder,” she said.

Dustin Malama, spokesman of Emergency Medical Services, said they transported him to a trauma hospital in serious condition.

Police had responded to a call of a suspicious man near 10th Avenue at about 6:15 a.m. Monday.

Police detained the suspect on suspicion of theft when he asked to use the bathroom. Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard said officers allowed him a bathroom break.

Instead, the suspect jumped into the police vehicle, a dark blue 2016 Toyota 4Runner, and fled.

He was spotted operating the stolen police vehicle near Foodland Beretania and allegedly struck a Love’s Bakery delivery truck near the grocery store.

Ballard said the officer whose subsidized vehicle was stolen fired a single round at the suspect near Foodland, injuring his left shoulder.

The perpetrator allegedly struck the officer with the vehicle and continued to flee. The officer was treated for shoulder injuries.

After a police chase through Aiea, Waialua and the North Shore, the suspect ditched the vehicle at Waiahole Homestead Road at about 8:20 a.m. and fled on foot.

Resident Justeen Castillo of Waiahole Valley Road said she saw an ambulance escorted by a police vehicle traveling down the roadway this morning.

“Thank God that he’s off the streets now,” she said.