BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Two police officers were wounded as they exchanged gunfire with a suspect who was fatally shot during a foot chase in Southern California, authorities said.
The officers responded Friday afternoon in Bakersfield to reports of a possibly suicidal man with a gun, KBAK-TV reported.
When the man pulled the weapon from his waistband, one officer deployed less-lethal foam bullets, which proved ineffective, Bakersfield police said in a statement.
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The man ran from the officers while shooting at them, the statement said. One officer was struck, suffering major injuries, while the other officer was grazed by a bullet and treated at the scene, police said.
When officers returned gunfire, one of them hit the suspect, who later died at a hospital, police said. The man was not immediately identified.
The officer who suffered major injuries was in stable condition at a hospital as of late Friday and is expected to survive, KBAK reported.
The incident is under investigation.
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