PHOENIX (AP) - A woman is expected to survive after being wounded when officers returned fire after she fired a shot during a struggle, the Phoenix Police Department said.
The shooting occurred Wednesday after officers went to a hotel in response to a 911 call from a person who reported seeing a woman firing a weapon, police said in a statement.
According to police, responding officers made contact with the woman and then tried to detain her after discovering she was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant and had drugs in her possession.
The woman fired a shot during a struggle and officers returned fire, the police statement said.
The woman’s identity wasn’t released and no one else was injured.
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