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UPDATE
Scottsdale officer shot serving warrant in Phoenix; police ID suspect
(Phoenix Police Department)
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A Scottsdale police detective was shot Friday night while serving a warrant in downtown Phoenix, police said.
The officer is expected to survive, but the suspect in the shooting is armed and dangerous and has not been found, Scottsdale Police Chief Jeff Walther said Friday.
On Saturday morning, Phoenix police released a photo of a man wanted in connection with the shooting.
He is 37-year-old Kenneth Hearne. Anyone with information should call 911 or @SilentwitnessAZ at 480-Witness / 480-TESTIGO.
Scottsdale officers were serving the warrant at an apartment near 1st Avenue and Roosevelt Street and were met and the door by a woman and child, the chief said. Officers were told no on else was in the apartment and the woman and child were removed from the unit.
Detectives entered the apartment and saw a someone in a hallway who ducked into a room, according to Walther.
The person fired through a wall, and a bullet struck a Scottsdale detective sergeant in the lower abdomen, the chief said.
Officers returned fire, and the suspect left the second-floor apartment through a window, police said.
Walther did not disclose details of the search warrant but said the person being served had violent offenses.
