Police officer injured while responding to shots fired at motel in New Jersey
A police officer was shot and injured while responding to a call of shots fired at a motel in New Jersey.
The situation unfolded just after noon on Wednesday at the Gallery Holiday Motel on Ball Street.
When a man with dreadlocks opened the door, gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and police officers.
An officer was apparently injured and suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
The man with the dreadlocks was captured in the rear of a building on Augusta Street a short time later.
Two people were apparently taken into custody.
The cause of the shooting is under investigation.
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