Cincinnati Change Report
Cincinnati Police Shot At, Capture Shooter
BOND HILL - A Cincinnati police officer was shot and wounded here early today after she and her partner were fired on during a traffic stop.The shooting happened just before 2 a.m., after Officers Christine Holtman and Lauren Smith stopped a car in the 4900 block of Corinth Avenue, near California Avenue, police said.
Police Chief Thomas Streicher said the officers had placed the driver, who was wanted by police, in the cruiser when the passenger got out and started firing.
"No doubt it's a disturbing occurrence," Streicher said, briefing reporters near the shooting scene before heading to University Hospital.
It was the third shooting of a police officer in Cincinnati in the past six weeks.
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