Prayers for the Portsmouth Police officer who was shot in the line of duty tonight. 🙏🏻
Virginia: Around 8 p.m., officers were called to a “potential domestic hostage situation” after receiving a tip from another, unnamed police department, according to an emailed news release.
When they arrived at the scene, officers knocked on a door to a home in the 80 block of Pepperwood Place, police said. That’s part of a large apartment complex off Towne Point Road in the Churchland section of the city, north of the Western Freeway.
During the encounter, the suspect opened the door and fired a single shot, striking the officer,” police said in the release.
After the shooting, officers retreated and established a perimeter while waiting for backup, police said.
The suspect — who was not identified — was taken into custody without further incident. No officers fired their weapons, police said.
Medics took the injured officer to a local hospital.
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Portsmouth Police Department, FB.