Suspect In Attack Shot, Wounded By Texas Police
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FORT WORTH (AP) — Fort Worth Police say a man suspected of firing on his girlfriend has been shot and wounded by a police officer.
Fort Worth police say patrol officers responded Saturday evening to gunshots. Investigators say the man fired an errant shot at his girlfriend. The shot instead struck another woman who was standing nearby. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition.
The unidentified shooter fled in a pickup but later struck a parked vehicle and ran away. Investigators say during a foot chase the suspect pointed the handgun at pursuing officers.
One officer, a nine-year veteran, shot the man at least once. The suspect is hospitalized in serious condition.
One witness near the crime recalled what he saw to CBS 11 News.
"I was walking to the back and all of a sudden you hear some gunshots going off, about 3. Three to four of them, "said Robert Santiago.
"When I come running out and everything like that. We just [saw] the dude taking off right here. He got in his truck, came this way and then went up a block. A cop was right near."
"Then we saw the lady over there laid out. She got hit in the head."
Santiago said other witnesses told him the woman on the ground was hurt by her ex-boyfriend.
Authorities did not identify the officer, who was placed on administrative leave pending the investigation.
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