COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An officer with the Colorado Springs Police Department was shot and wounded along with a suspect during a call for service on Monday afternoon.
The officer and suspect were both transported to area hospitals following the shooting.
A department spokesperson described the officer’s injuries as serious, but non-life-threatening. The suspect’s condition is not known.
Police said the shooting occurred around 1:38 p.m. as officers, responding to a call about a suspicious person, arrived on the scene near E. Bijou Street and Balfour Avenue in east Colorado Springs.
Once on scene, police said, “An officer-involved shooting did occur.”
No other details are known at this time.
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