AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has been wounded and a suspect killed during a SWAT standoff in Ohio.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports police went to a home in Summit County’s Franklin Township around 7 p.m. Thursday for a domestic violence call and learned that a man had barricaded himself inside a bedroom. A regional SWAT team was called in about three hours later.
The SWAT officer from the Barberton Police Department was wounded when the man fired a round through the bedroom door around 3 a.m. Friday, prompting officers to return fire.
Police say the officer, a 12-year veteran, has serious but non-life threatening injuries and awaits surgery at an Akron hospital.
The officer and the suspect haven’t been identified.
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Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com