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Milwaukee officer making a "full recovery"

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Sunday, April 12, 2009 - 7:58 p.m.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee police officer who was injured in a gun fight with an armed suspect is making a full recovery.

Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz says the 30-year-old officer was involved in the shooting on Saturday afternoon. The officer has not been identified but he does have seven years of police experience.

Schwartz says witnesses reported hearing the officer yell for the suspect to get down. Moments later shots rang out.

The suspect was also wounded in the exchange. He remained in critical condition at a local hospital, where he is in police custody, on Sunday.




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thinkbeforeyouspeak
Apr 13, 2009 at 2:40 p.m.
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Just too bad that the suspect survived....

pigbrain
Apr 13, 2009 at 12:27 p.m.
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Good to hear!

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