Two arrested, third suspect at large after shooting of Oklahoma police officer
Published May 29, 2015
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Two people are in custody and a manhunt for a third suspect is underway in Kansas after an Oklahoma police officer was shot in the head during a traffic pursuit late Thursday, police said.
South Coffeyville Police Chief Wade Lamb told the Tulsa World that the incident began when an officer tried to stop an SUV in Rogers County, Oklahoma, but the vehicle sped away. The SUV occupied by three people made a break for Kansas, Lamb said.
As the three drove north toward the Oklahoma-Kansas border, someone fired shots from the vehicle at an Oologah police car that was assisting in the chase, striking an officer in the head, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Dwight Durant said.
The cruiser crashed into a ditch, Durant said. The officer was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital. There was no word on his condition, but Durant told the newspaper that the officer was awake when he was put into the medical helicopter.
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Published May 29, 2015
FoxNews.com
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Two people are in custody and a manhunt for a third suspect is underway in Kansas after an Oklahoma police officer was shot in the head during a traffic pursuit late Thursday, police said.
South Coffeyville Police Chief Wade Lamb told the Tulsa World that the incident began when an officer tried to stop an SUV in Rogers County, Oklahoma, but the vehicle sped away. The SUV occupied by three people made a break for Kansas, Lamb said.
As the three drove north toward the Oklahoma-Kansas border, someone fired shots from the vehicle at an Oologah police car that was assisting in the chase, striking an officer in the head, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Dwight Durant said.
The cruiser crashed into a ditch, Durant said. The officer was airlifted to a Tulsa hospital. There was no word on his condition, but Durant told the newspaper that the officer was awake when he was put into the medical helicopter.
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