First responders line street to welcome wounded Pueblo officer after release from the hospital
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) - First responders and others lined a section of street near the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) Thursday evening to welcome home a captain who was shot in the line of duty this week.
According to the PPD, he's just the first of three who were shot that have been released from the hospital at this time. The other two are still in the hospital, in stable condition.
Emergency vehicles lined the street as bystanders waived to the captain as a convoy of vehicles drove by. The unidentified officer was seen waving back to supporters through the sunroof of the vehicle.
The officers who were wounded have not been identified at this time.
The shooting happened on Tuesday night in the Bessemer Neighborhood in Pueblo. The suspect is dead.
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