A Detroit police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shootout Wednesday evening with a man accused of invading a home on the city's west side, police said.
The suspect, who investigators believe intruded into the house while looking for his girlfriend, fired a high-powered rifle at officers inside the home after they'd arrived to look for him, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said.One of the officers returned fire, injuring the suspect, who fled but eventually was arrested a short distance from the home, Craig said.An 18-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department died after being shot in the neck, authorities said.
on a report that a man with a gun had invaded the home, Craig said.The home's occupants"began running out, frantic" to meet arriving officers, according to the chief.Four officers entered the home and went upstairs. Finding no one there, they started to go back downstairs when the gunman opened fire on them, beginning the shootout, Craig said.The gunman, shot by an officer, fled a short distance from the house, where he was apprehended and then taken to a hospital, Craig said.
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