SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento police officer and an unidentified man were injured on Wednesday morning after both parties exchanged gunfire in the South Sacramento area.
The Sacramento Police Department said that an officer was responding to a report of shots fired around midnight in the 5900 block of Tangerine Avenue.
That officer came in contact with an armed suspect, an adult male. The Sacramento police office and the man shot at each other during that contact, at which time an officer was injured and taken to a local hospital.
The suspect was also injured, but Sacramento police said that negotiations/de-escalation techniques helped safely detain the unidentified person, who was taken to a local hospital.
The standoff lasted about two hours, a spokesperson for Sacramento police told ABC10. In a press release, Sacramento police said the suspect was still within reach of his firearm and reached for it multiple times during the negotiations.
"Unmanned Aerial Systems equipment (UAS) and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot were also used to monitor, communicate with, and ultimately disarm the suspect," a spokesperson for Sacramento police said in the press release. "The EOD robot was able to move the firearm out of the suspect’s reach and SWAT officers were then able to make a safe approach and take the suspect into custody."
Both the officer and the injured suspect are in stable condition, according to police. An investigation is still ongoing at the scene and police believe there are no other people involved.
Their identities have not been made public. The department has released a photo of a handgun it says was recovered at the scene.
