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An Alaska police officer was shot and seriously wounded while conducting a security check at an Anchorage park Wednesday night.
The officer was hospitalized and is expected to survive, Anchorage police said.
A man suspected of eluding police pulled out a handgun after the officer and a partner made contact with him around 8 p.m. local time and allegedly fired on the officer at Centennial Campground, striking the officer. Both officers returned fire on the suspect.
Anchorage police give an update on a shooting Wednesday evening that left an officer hospitalized.
(Anchorage Police Department)
The man was shot multiple times and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Charges are forthcoming, the department said.
CHICAGO COP SHOT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT; THIRD LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN ONE WEEK
The entrance to Anchorage’s Centennial Park.
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“Please keep our officer and his family in your prayers as he recovers,” the department said in a statement.
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A building at Anchorage’s Centennial Park.
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The officers’ use of force is under investigation per protocol, police said.