A screenshot shows police deploy drones to search for criminals in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan province, on August 24, 2016. [Screenshot: people.cn]

A police car was reportedly attacked by a gunman during a chase in Xinxiang, central China's Henan Province, on August 24, Beijing Times reports.

According to the police, the perpetrators, who drove a black plateless KIA K5, rushed through a checkpoint, and their car later rolled into a ditch during the chase.

The people in the car immediately abandoned their car and started running towards a corn field nearby, during which one of them fired a gun at the police.

A witness saw at least 30 police officers securing the scene and warning villagers to stay inside, adding that officers with police dogs and drones were also seen searching around the corn field.

No one was reported hurt during the incident.

Police searched the car and found crowbars, hammers and pliers, which were suspected to be tools used in criminal activities.

The car owner has since been identified as a woman named Yang Xia, whose husband and son both have criminal records.

A police source said three suspects have already been seized, with one still at large.