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ST. LOUIS. >>> GOOD MORNING.
WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. A
NEWS. A POLICE OFFICER 4@WAS SHOT
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. >> HERE IS MORE LIVE FROM THE
SCENE LOCATED ON BINNINGTON
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. SHE IS 4@NOW WITH THE POLICE
CHIEF AND WE'RE LEARNING AN
UPDATE.
UPDATE.
UPDATE. LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO ABBY
LIORICO.
LIORICO.
LIORICO. >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
YES, WE'RE HERE WITH POLICE
CHIEF CARSON HERE.
FIRST OFF, JUST 4@GIVE US A
RUNDOWN 4@WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE 4@EARL
THIS MORNING?
THIS MORNING? >> THIS WAS AN OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED ON
GALLERY JUST SHORTLY BEFORE
4:00 A.M.
4:00 A.M.
4:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME 4@CAR
BREAK-INS IN THE AREA AND WE
HAD TWO POLICE OFFICERS ON
SURVEILLANCE THAT WERE WATCHING
THE PARKING LOTS AND THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE
BREAKING INTO CARS.
JUST SHORTLY BEFORE 4:00 A.M.
THIS MORNING, THEY SPOTTED A
GUY TRYING 4@TO GET INTO A CAR.
THEY4@ 4@APPROACHED HIM ON 4@FO
THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. THE SUSPECT TURNED AND OPENED 4@
FIRE ON BOTH OFFICERS.
ONE OFFICER WAS 4@STRUCK TWICE
THE LEG.
THE LEG.
THE LEG. HE WENT DOWN.
HIS PARTNER RETURNED FIRE 4@AND
THE SUSPECT FLED ON FOOT.
OTHER OFFICERS RESP4@ONDING TO
THE AREA QUICKLY CONVERGED ON
THE AREA AND SPOTTED HIM
RUNNING AND WERE 4@ABLE TO TAKE
HIM INTO CUSTODY.
RIGHT NOW 4@WE HAVE TWO SUSPECT
HIM INTO CUSTODY. RIGHT NOW 4@WE HAVE TWO SUSPECT@
IN CUSTODY AND WE RECOVERED THE
WEAPON USED.
WEAPON USED. WE HAVE A 38-YEAR-OLD MALE
POLICE OFFICER 4@CONVEYED TO TH
HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS 4@
THE 4@LEG.
THE 4@LEG. THAT OFFICER IS BEING TREATED
AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE EARLY REPORTS WE HAVE OUR 4@
THAT HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE 4@A
FULL RECOVERY.
FULL RECOVERY. THE GUNSHOT WOUNDS DID NOT
STRIKE ANY VITAL ORGANS AND IT
LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE OKAY.
THAT OFFICER IS A 4@38-YEAR-OLD
MALE.
MALE.
MALE. HE
MALE. HE HAS BEEN WITH OUR 4@DEPARTME
FOR NINE YEARS.
OUTSTANDING OFFICER.
OUTSTANDING OFFICER. HAS ABOUT 13, 14 YEARS
EXPERIENCE AS 4@A POLICE OFFICE
HIS PARTNER IS 4@A MALE OFFICER
THAT 4@HAS BEEN WITH4@ OUR
DEPARTMENT ABOUT EIGHT YEARS,
ALSO AN OUTSTANDING OFFICER, 4@
WE'RE RELIEVED THE INJURIES
WERE NOT 4@MORE SERIOUS THAN TH
APPEARED TO BE AT FIRST, SO
THAT IS THE LATEST.
WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS ON 4@THE
SCENE AND WE'RE STILL IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF 4@THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. RESE4@ARCH WHEN WAS THE 4@4@LAS
THERE WAS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED
SHOOTING HERE?
SHOOTING HERE? >> 4@IT HAS BEEN A FEW 4@YEARS.
I DON'T REME4@MBER WHAT YEAR IT
WAS, BUT WE 4@HAD AN OFFICER SH
PROBABLY EIGHT OR NINE YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. >>
AGO. >> Reporter: WHERE DID THAT
SECOND SUSPECT COME FROM?
YOU SAID TWO WERE 4@IN 4@CUSTOD
>> THE SECOND SUSPECT WE
BELIEVE WAS A DRIVER AND --
BUT, AGAIN --
>> Reporter: LIKE A GETAWAY
DRIVER?
DRIVER?
DRIVER? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO 4@PUT
TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT -- WHO
WAS DOING WHAT.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU 4@SAID TH
OFFICER -- THEY DID NOT.
THE WOUNDED OFFICER'S PARTNER
RETURNED FIRE, BUT THE SUSPECT
IS NOT DEAD.
>> YOU SAID HE IS DOING BETTER
NOW 4@THAN YOU THOUGHT WHEN HE
FIRST ARRIVED.
FIRST ARRIVED. IT DIDN'T 4@LOOK GOOD?
>> WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED, 4@YOU
KNOW, WE WERE NOT 4@SURE 4@ABOU
THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES, SO
SOME OF THE EARLY REPORTS WE
THOUGHT AN ARTERY 4@MIGHT HAVE
BEEN STRUCK, BUT THAT 4@WAS NOT
THE CASE.
THE CASE.
THE CASE. >>
>>
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] >> I
] >> I DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
>> TELL US WHY THE OFFICERS
WERE THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
>> WE HAVE HAD 4@AND A LOT OF
COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD PROBLEMS
WITH 4@CAR BREAK-INS, APARTMENT
PARKING LOTS, HOTEL PARKING
LOTS, DIFFERENT 4@LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE
HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF GUNS
STOLEN OUT 4@OF THE CARS, PEOPL
LEAVING GUNS IN THEI4@R 4@CARS @
SO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPERIENCING CAR BREAK-INS AND @
MARYLAND HEIGHTS IS NO
DIFFERENT 4@THAN OTHER
COMMUNITIES SO WE HAVE HAD A
RASH OF CAR BREAK-INS.
WE HAD OFFICERS OUT ON 4@
SURVEILLANCE TRYING TO CATCH
THE PEOPLE DOING THAT.
THESE OFFICERS WERE ON A
SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT TO WATCH
THE PARKING 4@LOTS, TRY TO CATC
PEOPLE THAT WERE BREAKING 4@INT
CARS.
CARS.
CARS. >>
CARS. >> SO THEY SAW THEM IN THE ACT
OF BREAKING IN 4@A CAR RATHER
THAN RESPONDING TO A 4@CALL.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> WE HAVE 4@RECOVERED THE
HANDGUN.
HANDGUN.
HANDGUN. THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS
REALLY SCARY FOR OUR OFFICERS
BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SO MANY
GUNS STOLEN OUT OF 4@THE CARS,
THE PEOPLE THAT 4@WE'RE
ENCOUNTERING BREAKING INTO CARS
ARE ARMED, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN
MORE SCARY BUT 4@4@THIS SUSPECT
A HANDGUN AND WHEN THE OFFICERS
MORE SCARY BUT 4@4@THIS SUSPECT A HANDGUN AND WHEN THE OFFICERS@
APPROACHED HIM, HE PULLED 4@THE
HANDGUN AND OPENED FIRE.
>> Reporter: THE PARTNER OF 4@T
INJURED OFFICER, WILL HE BE
PLACED ON LEAVE?
>>4@ THAT STANDARD PROCEDURE.
THEY 4@ARE AUTOMATICALLY 4@4@PL
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
IT IS 4@PENDING THE OUTCOME OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
THE INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: CHIEF, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE 4@ON
PATROL WITH A SPECIFIC LOOKOUT
FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE BREAKING
INTO CARS.
INTO CARS. THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE HAD
IN THE AREA SO FAR THIS SUMMER,
THEY SAW A PERSON WHO 4@APPEARE
TO BE BREAKING INTO A CAR,
APPROACHED THAT PERSON.
THAT PERSON SHOT AT THE
OFFICERS HITTING ONE OFFICER IN
TH4@E LEG.
TH4@E LEG. THAT OFFICER IS AT THE HOSPITAL
TH4@E LEG. THAT OFFICER IS AT THE HOSPITAL@
AND IS EXPECTED 4@TO BE OKAY.
THE OFFICER'S PARTNER FIRED
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IT
BACK. IT DIDN'T HIT THE SUSPECT.
THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO GET TO
A PARTNER IN CRIME AND GET AWAY
IN THE CAR, SO NOW, THOSE TWO
PEOPLE ARE IN CUSTODY AS POLICE