FHP: Suspect injured during shooting in cemetery
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Highway Patrol says a trooper was involved in an early-morning shooting at a Pinellas Park cemetery.
The agency says a suspect was wounded during the shooting just before 6 a.m. Monday at Royal Palm Cemetery on Gandy Boulevard in Pinellas County.
The Tampa Bay Times reports the suspect's injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center. The trooper wasn't injured.
The newspaper reports the trooper was trying to apprehend the suspect during an investigation of property crimes.
Investigators and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating.
No further details were immediately available.
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