The Phoenix Police officer hurt in an "ambush style" attack has been released from the hospital on March 25, and the suspect was taken into custody not long before that.
According to a statement, the incident began to unfold at around 9:46 a.m., in an area near 7th Avenue and Broadway Road. The officer who was shot, described as a woman who has been with the department for less than a year, was responding to a hit-and-run accident call in the area.
"While approaching in her patrol car, the suspect pulled a rifle and began shooting at the officer," read a portion of the statement.
The officer was able to drive away, but she had been shot in her left hip and was hit in the face by bullet fragments. She was taken to the hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
"The Phoenix officer involved in this violent and unprovoked attack is being treated at a local hospital for a gunshot wound," officials said. By 6 p.m. on March 25, she was released from the hospital.
The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Joseph Lopez, was found hours later in a house nearby before being taken into custody. He was later taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
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