Minneapolis cop shot after responding to burglary
A Minneapolis police officer was shot and wounded on Saturday after responding to a burglary call in what police said appeared to be a targeted attack.
The officer, whose name authorities have not released, was taken by his partner to a hospital and is in a stable condition with wounds that are not life threatening, police said.
Police are still searching the area for a suspect.
The officer was shot before 5 a.m. local time in north Minneapolis as he returned to his squad car, Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said.
“We believe that he was targeted because he was wearing a uniform,” Elder said. “We believe that this is simply an assault against the police.”
Elder declined to say where on his body the officer was shot and said it was not clear whether the officers were lured to the area.
The incident follows the fatal shooting of two police officers in New York City in December by a gunman who had written that he wanted to avenge the killing of unarmed black men by police.
