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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office reports that two suspects in a police chase Friday morning that ended in an officer shooting a man at San Francisco International Airport are in custody on suspicion of attempted murder and attempted murder of a peace officer. 

Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Bronwyn Hogan said the two men have been identified as Lamar Edwin Hood, 20, and Nathan Cooper, 21, of Oakland.  

Hogan said Hood, who was a passenger in the suspect vehicle, is believed to be a resident of either San Bruno or South San Francisco. 

One suspect was hit by a bullet fired by a San Francisco police officer, but Hogan was not certain which suspect.  

The chase began when an officer attempted to stop Cooper and Hood in the Westborough area for a minor traffic violation around 8 a.m. 

When the car did not stop, police pursued it onto southbound Interstate Highway 280 and to the airport, but apparently lost sight of the vehicle in the longterm parking lot near the United Airlines maintenance facility. 

San Francisco Police Sgt. Larry Ratti said airport bureau officers then responded to a call for assistance. 

He reportedly saw the suspect vehicle drive out of the parking lot at high speed, jump across a traffic island and head straight toward him, Ratti said. The officer pulled out his gun and fired. 

“He fired in defense of his life,” Ratti said. 

According to Hogan, the suspects then continued driving directly toward a United Airlines security guard at the scene, before they hit a traffic island and flipped over. The car landed on its roof near the longterm parking lot entrance. One suspect, who was injured in the incident, was able to climb out and flee into the nearby maintenance facility building, where he was caught and arrested, while the other was detained in the vehicle. 

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is conducting a criminal investigation into the incident while the San Francisco Police Department is investigating the officer's use of his weapon.