DETROIT – Police were searching for three people, including an armed man, early Friday morning after a Detroit officer was shot.
At around 12:15 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, officers responded to an incident in the area of Morang Avenue and Whitehill Street. Upon arriving, neighbors told officers that three people were inside a vacant apartment building, according to Detroit police Chief James White.
When officers approached the building, the three people inside began to leave. Officials say one of the people fired shots at the police officers.
Two officers reportedly returned fire at the armed man. One Detroit officer was struck in his left calf, officials said.
The injured officer was taken to the hospital. It’s unknown if he was truck by the armed man or by the officers’ returned fire, White said.
Authorities said that officers were responding to a “ShotSpotter run” in the area at the time of the incident. ShotSpotter is a technology that detects gunfire.
White said Friday that officers discovered a possible marijuana grow operation inside the vacant building.
It is unknown if anyone else was injured in the incident.