SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- Two people were wounded in an officer involved shooting in Sioux Falls on Tuesday.

Police Chief Jon Thum says an officer approached a car at a convenience store gas pump to ask about a substituted license plate.

Thum says as the car was backing up, the officer fired.

The two people in the car that were shot were hospitalized for treatment.

Thum says there have been too many of these incidents.

Thum says the officer involved has been placed on administrative leave and the DCI has taken over the investigation.