Overview
- The officer was hit by a vehicle around 12:45 a.m. Sunday on the 800 block of West Lombard Street near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
- Officers were responding to a 911 report of an armed person in the area when the encounter occurred.
- The injured officer discharged a weapon during the incident, though authorities have not explained what led to the gunfire.
- The officer suffered a leg injury, was treated at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma, and was released Monday morning.
- No arrests have been announced, and the investigation remains active with no reports of injuries to a suspect or bystanders.