07-29-2010, 02:59 AM
last night. one dead. one critical. one stable.
PHOENIX (AP) — A gunbattle erupted during an undercover drug operation Wednesday night, killing one police officer and wounding two others, police said. A suspect also was shot dead, and another was wounded and being detained.
TV news helicopters showed the three officers being taken out of a south Phoenix home on stretchers Wednesday. Police say one of them was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
Police say one of the two wounded officers is in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital, while the other is in stable condition.
No names have been released.
Police say the wounded suspect is being detained and two other people are being questioned. Police are unsure if there any other suspects.
Video from television news helicopters showed the three officers being taken out of a home on stretchers. Police say one of the officers was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
PHOENIX (AP) — A gunbattle erupted during an undercover drug operation Wednesday night, killing one police officer and wounding two others, police said. A suspect also was shot dead, and another was wounded and being detained.
TV news helicopters showed the three officers being taken out of a south Phoenix home on stretchers Wednesday. Police say one of them was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.
Police say one of the two wounded officers is in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital, while the other is in stable condition.
No names have been released.
Police say the wounded suspect is being detained and two other people are being questioned. Police are unsure if there any other suspects.
Video from television news helicopters showed the three officers being taken out of a home on stretchers. Police say one of the officers was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.