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The morning after five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, Texas, a police officer was shot in the St. Louis suburb of Ballwin, Missouri. Another officer was shot and injured in Valdosta, Georgia.
The wounded officer was taken by ambulance to the Mercy Hospital emergency room, according to reporter Mike Colombo.
The officer was shot in the neck during a traffic stop, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Christine Byers reported. The suspect is in custody after a foot chase.
A weapon was recovered. Police described the suspect as a tall, thin African-American male wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, and driving a blue Ford Taurus with Illinois temporary tags, according to KTVI.
The Ballwin officer is at least the second to have been shot in the US on Friday morning. An officer in Valdosta, Georgia was injured in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect.
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