SAN JOSE — One police officer was critically wounded and another was injured Thursday night after a suspect in an investigation opened fire at them, police said.
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The man who is the suspect in the shootings also was shot and remained in critical but stable condition early Friday morning, according to social media posts from San Jose police.
It all happened after police responded to the 6100 block of San Ignacio Avenue about 10:30 p.m. According to police, officers were investigating a disturbance and made contact with the suspect. That man opened fire and hit two of them, police said.
One of the officers has life-threatening injuries but remained stable Thursday morning, police said. A second officer was taken by ambulance to a hospital, treated for what police called moderate injuries, and released.
The suspect also had life-threatening injuries.
Police closed San Ignacio Avenue from Bernal Road to Great Oaks Boulevard, and also shut down westbound Bernal Road from Monterey Road to San Ignacio Avenue.
No other information was available early Friday.
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