By Associated Press - Tuesday, September 1, 2020

JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) - A man was hospitalized after exchanging gunfire Tuesday with officers who were trying to arrest his brother in St. Louis County, police said.

The officers were arresting a man wanted for first-degree assault in Jennings when his brother began firing at police, St. Louis County spokesman Ben Granda said.

The man was sitting in a truck when he began shooting and four officers returned fire, Granda said.



No officers were injured. The man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, KSDK-TV reported.

The officers involved range in age from 28 to 36 and have between five and 10 years of service, Granda said.

Granda said body-cam footage captured the shooting

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