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Onondaga County sheriff's deputies, state police and Dewitt police investigate the scene of a shooting in DeWitt near Springfield Road. Suspects were still on the loose two hours after the shooting. A large manhunt for two black males is continuing.

(Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com)

DEWITT, N.Y. -- Police are searching for two males after an Onondaga County sheriff's deputy radioed in to 911 that his patrol vehicle had been shot at approximately 10 times Monday evening near the Springfield Garden Apartments in DeWitt, according to a 911 dispatcher.

An officer requested an ambulance after the shooting was reported at 6:28 p.m. Monday, according to 911. A deputy was then transported to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, 911 officials said. It was not immediately clear if the officer was shot or suffered a medical emergency.

After the shooting, two police vehicles were seen escorting an ambulance from DeWitt into the city of Syracuse on Interstate 690 West. All appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed.

The deputy's condition is not life threatening, according to 911.

The sheriff's office is expected to comment on the shooting scene later tonight.

The suspects are described as two black males, one wearing a black shirt, according to police scanner reports. They were last seen running behind building 24 on Caton Drive.

Police are searching for the suspects in the area of Caton Drive and Springfield Road in DeWitt. There are reports that officers are clearing buildings as they continue to try to find the suspects.

Many vehicles have been seen leaving the area, which is near LeMoyne College and Springfield Garden Apartments.

Onondaga County sheriff's deputies, members of a SWAT team and DeWitt police officers are among the law enforcement agencies at the scene. An Air 1 helicopter is hovering above the area. And Syracuse police have been seen in the area, but closer to the city line.

Springfield and Thompson roads, as well as Mountainview Avenue and Springfield Road are closed.

The Springfield Garden Apartments have been the scene of multiple assaults and several homicides in the past. In 1992, a man who lived there was shot to death during a dispute after a basketball game. In 2010, a woman was fatally shot at the complex by her boyfriend. And this past September, a Syracuse University student from China was shot to death outside the apartment complex during a drug robbery gone bad.

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