GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- A Lake County, Indiana, sheriff's officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire in Gary Thursday afternoon.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said a lieutenant with the Lake County Sheriff's Department Civil Division was executing a court-ordered property seizure at a home in the 600-block of Hanley Street.
While the officer was attempting to seize the property, the resident of the home, a man in his 20s, opened fire and wounded the officer. The officer returned fire, hitting the resident with gunfire at least once.
The sheriff's office said the man ran from the home but collapsed a short distance away.