NOW, THIS IS WCCO4 NEWS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, TWO
POLICE OFFICERS ARE RECOVERING
AFTER BEING SHOT.
THEY WERE FOLLOWING UP ON A
MISSING PERSON CALL.
THEY ARRIVED AT A GROUP
RESIDENTIAL HOME ON 12th AVENUE
NEAR CONGRESS BEFORE 1:00 THIS
AFTERNOON.
THAT IS WHEN THEY SAY THE MAN
THEY WERE CHECKING ON GOT A
SHOTGUN.
TWO OFFICERS WERE STRUCK
DURING THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE.
OUR OFFICERS DID RETURN FIRE.
DID NOT STRIKE THE SUSPECT.
THAT MAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY.
ANGELA DAVIS IS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE SHOOTING
TOOK PLACE AND JOINS US NOW.
ANGELA?
HI, YEAH, AS YOU CAN SEE,
THERE ARE INVESTIGATORS ARE
SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES HERE AT THE SCENE TO
ASSIST SOUTH SAINT PAUL POLICE.
TONIGHT.
TWO OF THEIR OFFICERS ARE
INJURED.
ONE WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER,
ANOTHER SHOT IN THE LEG.
BUT WE ARE TOLD BOTH WILL BE
OKAY.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
HOUSE WE WERE CALLED TO THIS
AFTERNOON AT 1:00.
IT IS A RESIDENTIAL GROUP HOME
FOR PEOPLE WITH CHALLENGES.
NEIGHBORS TELL ME THIS IS AN
ADDRESS THAT POLICE ARE
FREQUENTLY CALLED TO.
TODAY, OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING
TO A 911 CALL ABOUT A MISSING
PERSON WHEN THAT MAN RETURNED
TO THE HOUSE.
POLICE SAY HE FIRED AT THE
OFFICERS WITH A SHOTGUN.
THE TWO OFFICERS WERE HIT, BUT
THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO ARREST
THAT MAN.
NEIGHBORS WE TALKED TO TODAY
SAID THEY HEARD THE GUNFIRE AND
THEN THEY TOOK COVER.
THEN I COULD HEAR ABOUT
EIGHT BULLETS WIZZING THROUGH.
AND, GRABBED MY PHONE AND LAID
IN THE BATHTUB BECAUSE I
FIGURED THEY WERE GOING TO COME
THROUGH THE HOUSE AS I CALLED
911.
IT IS SAD.
A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE
MENTAL ISSUES TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN AN ISSUE ALSO.
Reporter: NOW, THE
INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT THE
GUNMAN, THE SUSPECT, IS IN THE
DAKOTA COUNTY JAIL.
HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED
BUT WE KNOW THAT HE WILL LIKELY
FACE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES.
AS FOR THE OFFICERS, THEIR
NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED
EITHER.
BUT FOLKS HERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ARE VERY RELIEVED
TO HEAR THEY WILL BE OKAY.
ALL RIGHT ANGELA.
THANK YOU.
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