Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Dept.: Deputy wounds suspect

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy shot and wounded a suspect during a struggle.

Few details on the circumstances have been released but the department says the deputy was responding to a call about a crime when the shooting occurred in the Albuquerque area early Tuesday morning following a foot pursuit.

The department says the wounded suspect is hospitalized and that the deputy is uninjured and has been placed on standard administrative leave.