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One of the
officers was shot multiple times while the other was shot once
and suffered minor injuries when the round struck his protective
vest, Fort Worth Police Department Marc Povero told a news
conference aired on a local NBC affiliate.
The police department said on Twitter that both officers, who
were not identified, were in a stable condition and one was to
be released from the hospital early on Saturday.
Povero said the officers had responded at about 8:30 p.m. local
time to a possible suicide at a home on the city's south side,
where they found an unresponsive individual who was shot in the
head.
The officers then went to find a witness in the backyard where
they encountered an individual in a shed who opened fire on
them. The offices returned gunfire and wounded the individual,
Povero said.
The suspect died, the NBC affiliate reported. Police did not
identify the officers, the suspect or the individual shot inside
the home.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Gareth
Jones)
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