COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - A man suspected of shooting at a Council Bluffs police officer is hospitalized after being shot by the officer.
The shooting happened about 8 a.m. Saturday outside a gas station in the western Iowa town. The officer was unhurt. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the suspect, a 34-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, is hospitalized with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. It wasn’t immediately clear if he has been charged.
Police say the man went into the gas station and tried to steal a gas can. An officer had just pulled into the parking lot. The clerk told the officer that the man was stealing the gas can, and the officer told him to return it.
Police say the man grabbed a gun and fired one shot at the officer, who returned fire. The suspect was struck in the hip.
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