A female shooting victim was at the scene when officers arrived, police said.
Two police officers in Huntsville, Alabama, were shot while responding to a shooting call Tuesday, and have been transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The Huntsville Police Department responded to a call at 4:45 p.m. on Governors House Drive, where the two officers were shot "by an offender at the scene," the department said in a statement, who initially "barricaded himself inside an apartment."
"The offender was apprehended about 6:20 p.m. and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," the department said in the statement.
A female shooting victim was at the scene when officers arrived, police said. Her condition is unclear.
The officers were taken to Huntsville Hospital, police said.
A large police presence can be seen outside a hospital in Huntsville, Alabama, March 28, 2023.
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The HPD asked residents to avoid the area and closed the area to traffic amid a "heavy police presence."
The roads have since reopened.
