Five officers from different law enforcement agencies were shot and wounded Thursday morning in Minnesota, and the suspected gunman is at large, officials said.
The incident happened in Glendorado Township outside of Princeton, located about 50 miles west of Minneapolis.
According to a Fox 9 report citing local authorities, the officer was shot while trying to serve a search warrant.
Five officers from different law enforcement agencies were shot in Glendorado Township, Minnesota.Anna Haecherl/Minnesota Public Radio via AP A man was arrested at the scene.FOX9 Police were shot while serving a warrant.FOX9
Police went to a home just before 8 a.m. and were found inside by a man who opened fire on them, the station reported.
Screenshots from aerial footage taken by local CBS station WCCO show a person on a stretcher being loaded into an armored vehicle by heavily armed officers in full tactical gear, before being taken to a helicopter.
Three of the officers were taken to North Memorial Hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale, while two others were taken to a hospital in St. Cloud, according to Robbinsdale Police Capt. John Elder, who said none of the wounds appeared life-threatening. – threatening.
A person in police custody is taken away on a stretcher.WCCO/CBS The suspected gunman is free, according to police.FOX9 A police car outside a hospital in Robbinsdale where three of the injured officers were taken.AP Photo/Mark Vancleave
Elder said he did not know which department the injured officers were from, but they came from multiple agencies.
A man who described himself as a good friend of the first officer who was shot told Fox 59 that the victim was out of surgery after being shot twice in the chest.
Video from KARE-TV shows law enforcement gathered in a rural area with houses in trees surrounded by fields. An armored vehicle was seen driving by the side of a field.
With Postal wire
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