A 30-year-old man wanted for parole violation was shot in the shoulder yesterday after he allegedly tried to evade police before attempting to run an officer over with his car in the Ala Moana area.

The incident began when police spotted the man about 10:36 a.m. in a black Honda Civic near Ala Moana Center. Police put out an all-points bulletin, and the man was seen again shortly before 11 a.m. on Kapi'olani Boulevard near Pi'ikoi Street.

Officers attempted to stop the man but he fled, said police Maj. Frank Fujii.

Police cornered the man, who had a female passenger with him, on Cedar Street off of Rycroft Street.

"He hit two vehicles, then struck a police vehicle. He then attempted to hit the police officers," Fujii said at the scene yesterday.

"An officer fired his service weapon one time and struck the suspect in the upper body."

The incident took place two blocks 'ewa of the Ke'eaumoku Wal-Mart at 10:57 a.m.

The man was taken to a hospital in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, authorities said.

He was arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree criminal property damage, and miscellaneous traffic violations, police said.

The officer who fired the shot is a patrolmen with seven years of service.

The midday shooting forced police to close Rycroft Street, Cedar Street and portions of Sheridan Street for several hours as investigators interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence.

The car driven by the suspect sat, its trunk battered, with a single gunshot hole in a window on the driver's side.

John Saramosing, a 20-year-old delivery driver for Clean Living Hakuyosha dry cleaners, said he was waiting for fellow drivers shortly after 11 a.m. when the black Honda sped past his truck and into the alley behind his workplace.

"The guy was refusing to stop. I heard a gunshot, and then I seen the officer trying to break the window to get inside (the car)," said Saramosing. "The guy was still trying to run away."

Edison Chen, owner of Ace Auto, was sitting in his shop at about 11 a.m. when he heard yelling and screeching tires behind his business.

He ran outside and saw a man in a black Honda Civic ramming two vehicles while an officer in a police car blocked him.

The man in the Honda rammed the police officer's car "two or three times," Chen said, before the officer got out, pointed his gun at the car and ordered the man to get out.

The man in the Honda then tried to ram the officer, Chen said: "The officer had no choice. He shot him once. Then the car stopped moving."