Authorities: Police officers in Missouri, Georgia injured in separate ambush attacks
Source: Tampa Bay Times
Police officers in Georgia and Missouri were wounded Friday one critically after officials said they were "ambushed" in two separate incidents just hours after five officers were killed and seven were wounded in Dallas during a protest.
A suburban St. Louis police officer was "ambushed" during a traffic stop and shot at least once, wounding him critically, authorities said.
In Valdosta, Ga., a man who called 911 to report a car break-in ambushed a south Georgia police officer dispatched to the scene, sparking a shootout in which both the officer and suspect were wounded, authorities said. Both are expected to survive.
The suspect in custody in the Missouri attack is a man in his 30s and likely will be charged in the shooting, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference. Authorities did not provide the race or identity of the officer or the suspect.
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