>> Rhonda: OFFICERS DOWN, TWO
POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY, AND ONE IS
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
WE DO BEGINNING WITH THIS
BREAKING NEWS WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> Evrod: RIGHT NOW, IT APPEARS
THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN BELIEVED HE
WAS PROTECTING HIS FAMILY.
OUT TO NICK MONACELLI FROM
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL WHERE THE
OFFICERS ARE BEING TREATED.
OFFICERS' CONDITION.
>> Nick: TWO OFFICERS, ONE OF
THEM IF NOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
ALREADY, HE WILL BE SOON, HIT
WITH SHRAPNEL IN THE LEFT ARM.
THE OTHER WAS HIT IN THE FACE
SEDATED.
LOOK CAREFULLY.
YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE TECHNICIANS
WORKING ON THIS SPECIFIC WINDOW,
WHERE THE SHOTGUN BLAST CAME
FROM. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING
ABOUT 11:45 IN THE 20000 BLOCK
SCHAEFER.
THEY WERE THERE FOR BURGLARY
CALL AND SHOT.
ONE SHOT IN THE FACE, THE OTHER
HIT WITH SHRAPNEL.
ONE WITH THE DEPARTMENT TWO
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
YESTERDAY ON EASTER SUNDAY,
THREE DIFFERENT BURGLARY CALLS.
THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THOSE
INSIDE CALLED 911 SAYING SOMEONE
HOME.
INSIDE WAS A MOM, 19-YEAR-OLD
SON AND 14-YEAR-OLD
SO WHEN DPD OFFICERS GOT THERE
AT 11:45 LAST NIGHT, FOR
WHATEVER REASON, THE 19-YEAR-OLD
DIDN'T REALIZE OR WE'RE HOPING
HE DIDN'T REALIZE, THOSE WERE
COPS AND NOT BURGLARS.
HE GOT A SHOTGUN AND SHOT THEM
THROUGH THE WINDOW.
>> SEVERAL CALLS OF A BURGLARY
WERE MADE TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ON THIS DATE
IN FACT, THREE CALLS WERE MADE.
ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
HOUSE, WE BELIEVE TO BE THE
19-YEAR-OLDMALE, FEARING FOR
THE SAFETY OF HIS FAMILY FIRED
FROM INSIDE OF THE HOUSE WITH A
SHOTGUN, ARMED WIT A SHOTGUN,
STRIKING BOTH OFFICERS.
>> Nick: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
WERE POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY
WHEN 911 WAS CALLED AND YOU ASK
THE OFFICERS TO COME.
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY
EXPLANATIONS AND SO MANY
PLAUSIBLE REASONS.
AND WHAT WERE THEY WEARING?
WERE THEY IN A MARKED UNIT?
DID THEY ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES?
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW AND SHOULD HAVE
SOME ANSWER FROM DPD LATER
TODAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, TWO OFFICERS
DUTY.
ONE WILL BE OKAY AFTER SHRAPNEL
HITTING HIS LEFT ARM.
THE OTHER ONE FIGHTING FOR HIS
LIFE, SHOT IN THE FACE.
AND NOW UNDER HEAVY SEDATION AND
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
LIVE HERE AT SINAI-GRACE, NICK
MONACELLI, "LOCAL 4 NEWS TODAY."
>> Rhonda: SO IN TERMS OF WHAT
UNFOLDED THERE, WAS IT THE
RESIDENTS THAT CALLED 911 AT
THAT POINT?
DID THEY SURRENDER WHEN MORE
ENFORCEMENT CAME?
SHOOTING?
>> Nick: WE THINK IT WAS THE
RESIDENTS WHO CALLED 911 AND
AFTER THE OFFICERS WERE SHOT,
THE SRT TEAM, THE S.W.A.T. TEAM,
WAS BROUGHT IN.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAD TO DO
ANYTHING, IF THERE WAS A
BARRICADED SITUATION.
BUT THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE HOME
ARE NOW IN CUSTODY, BUT THAT'S A
BROAD TERM.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WERE
ARRESTED, JUST IN THE CUSTODY OF
POLICE AND BEING QUESTIONED AND
TALKING TO DETECTIVES.
TODAY.
TROUBLE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT AND TALK TO DPD
AND SEE WHAT THE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR WANTS TO DO WITH THIS
CASE.
THERE COULD BE A SELF-DEFENSE
CLAIM, COULD BE DISCHARGE OF A
FIREARM, A LOT OF THINGS WE
>> Rhonda: AN OFFICER IS