Tempe police officer, suspect hospitalized after shooting

Police in Tempe said an officer and a suspect were taken to a hospital Tuesday morning after a shooting in a residential neighborhood.

The officer’s wounds weren’t life threatening, the department said. There was no word on the suspect’s condition or the reason police approached him near Rural Road between Broadway Road and Southern Avenue.

Officers on scene of Officer involved shooting. Officer transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Suspect also transported pic.twitter.com/1454ocpdQM

— Tempe Police (@TempePolice) May 16, 2017

No other details were immediately available.

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