Florida Taking pictures Places 2 Officers within the Hospital in Essential Situation, Police Chief Says

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida cops had been shot and critically injured throughout a site visitors cease in Orlando late Friday, police mentioned.

The Orlando Police Division officers stopped a automobile round 11 p.m. Friday as a part of an investigation of a Miami murder and had been shot by a suspect within the automobile, Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith mentioned throughout a press convention early Saturday.

The officers, who weren’t instantly recognized, had been transported to Orlando Regional Medical Middle, Smith mentioned.

The suspect carjacked one other automobile and police pursued, however didn’t instantly catch the suspect. A search was ongoing early Saturday, Smith mentioned.

“It is a unhappy day for our division,” Smith mentioned. “For the suspects on the market, we’ll discover you and you can be delivered to justice.”

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