Jun 22, 2008 11:16 am US/Pacific
Officer Shot Responding To Indecent Exposure Call
ANAHEIM
A police officer was reportedly shot in the leg Sunday while responding to an indecent exposure call at an Anaheim hotel, according to officials.
It is not clear if the suspect in the indecent exposure call was also the person who shot the officer, according to Anaheim Sgt. Rick Martinez.
Two officers were dispatched to the Best Western Raffles Inn at 2040 S. Harbor Blvd. early Sunday morning.
Just after 8 a.m., the was a report of a man exposing himself outside that hotel.
Martinez said officers arrived and encountered the suspect as he was entering his car. "At some point", Martinez adds, "shots were fired. And one of the officers sustained a gunshot wound to the leg."
The suspect fled the scene and remains at-large.
Police are investigating the incident.
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