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ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES TONIGHT. AT AROUND 6:00 A.M. ON MONDAY, POLICE SAY THREE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN ARMED ROBBERY AT THE CVS ON PERT ANJE. WHEN THEY GOT ON SCENE, POLICE SAY ONE SUSPECT SHOT AN OFFICER. POLICE THEN FIRED BACK. >> THEY KEPT GOING. I OPENED MY DOOR AND THERE WAS AN OFFICER COMING AROUND WITH HIS WEAPON DRAWN AND HIDING OUT BEHIND THIS CAR. AND THEN PARAMEDICS PULLED UP AND THERE WAS A MAN DOWN. REPORTER: POLICE SAY ONE SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT ON SCENE AFTER BEING SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. >> THEY WERE READING HIM HIS RIGHTS AND ADDRESSING HIS WOUNDS, HIS ARMS, HIS LEGS, AND CHEST. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS S -- THE SECOND SUSPECT GOT AWAY. A NEIGHBOR SHARED THIS VIDEO OF HIM BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A FEW BLOCKS OVER. YOU CAN SEE HIM BEING WHEELED INTO AN AMBULANCE. EMS SAYS HE WAS SHOT IN THE HIP. ROBERT CONNOR’S DAUGHTER MANAGES THE CBS. >> I HAD COME RUNNING AND I THOUGHT -- I SAW THE POLICE LINED. I CANNOT GET TO HER. I SAID AS LONG AS I GET TO SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT, I CALLED HER, SHE DID NOT ANSWER. SHE CALLED ME BACK AND SHE SAID DADDY, I’M OK. REPORTER: WHILE THE TWO SUSPECTS AND THE OFFICER ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE IT, THIS SECTION CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED. NANCY VALID ERRORS PUT OUT THIS SIGN IN FRONT OF HER SHOP. SHE IS THANKFUL NO ONE WAS KILLED. >> TODAY I PUT THANK YOU, NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY PROTECT US, THEY COME IN AND THEY EAT AND I JUST WANT TO LET T

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The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured an officer Monday morning. The officer was responding to a call of an armed robbery in the 4900 block of Prytania Street. Three minutes later a signal 108, indicating an officer in need of assistance and whose life is in danger went out over the air related to the incident.As the officers were entering the location, one of the perpetrators opened fire, striking one of the responding officers in the left shoulder. The wounded officer was transported to University Medical Center where he was in stable condition.The three responding officers returned fire, wounding both subjects. Two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting. One subject was apprehended at the scene and transported to a local hospital. The second subject fled into the surrounding neighborhood.Several units in the area converged on the scene and set up a perimeter. Officers from the Special Operations Division searched the area and eventually located the second subject not far from where the incident occurred.The body worn cameras worn by the three responding officers were activated and captured the incident on video.Federal and Independent monitors were on scene during the incident and were briefed as events transpired.Superintendent Shaun Ferguson has initiated the NOPD video release policy. The video will be available for viewing and release within 10 days.The NOPD Force Investigation Team (FIT) was present at the scene and is investigating the incident.The three responding officers have two, three, and four years of experience with NOPD.