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.
A 59-year-old lieutenant assigned to the Lake County Sheriff's Department Civil Division was wounded while executing a court-ordered seizure of property in Gary, Ind. on Thursday around noon.
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.
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