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Officer, suspect shot in Cuyahoga County
CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team learned that a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police officer was shot in the hand and a suspect was also shot and wounded Sunday evening.
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It happened around 5:20 p.m. in the 2300 block of East 40th Street.
The I-Team learned that an officer with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority suffered a gunshot wound to the hand, and Cleveland Police officers took him to the hospital.
Initial reports said CMHA officers returned fire, hitting the 19-year-old suspect in the abdomen. He was taken to the hospital.
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Ward 5 Councilman Richard Starr confirmed to FOX 8 News at the scene that he was told by residents that an officer was in this area off E40th on a routine call when he got shot at. The officer then returned fire at whom they believed was the suspect.
Starr also confirmed that the officer was shot in the hand and the suspect was shot in the stomach. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment and are considered to be in stable condition.
The severity of those injuries is not clear at this time.
Starr also spoke to a detective from CMHA at the scene, who said four of their officers were serving an arrest warrant when the shooting happened. Everyone inside came out, except the person with the warrant.
Officers eventually went inside, and the suspect shot at them, Starr reported.
According to Cleveland Division of Police Sergeant Freddy Diaz, the suspect was wanted for multiple violent felonies.
According to Diaz, the Cleveland Division of Police is leading the investigation into this shooting.
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