Officer and suspect injured in shooting in Colorado Springs

Editor's note: The press conference begins around the 4:26 minute mark.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) confirms there was an officer-involved shooting in the 2600 block of East Bijou.

CSPD says that on Monday afternoon, officers arrived in the area for a fugitive operation. After concluding their operation, an unknown male unrelated to the operation approached officers, CSPD says. Police say this man acted suspiciously and fled from officers, and then shot at them. Two CSPD officers then returned fire, CSPD says.

In a press conference, the police department said that both the officer and the suspect had suffered gunshot wounds.

The police department says that the officer has serious but non-life-threatening injuries. According to CSPD, the suspect is in critical condition.

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