Jackson police officer shot while answering robbery call
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities in Mississippi say an armed robbery suspect shot a Jackson police officer.
Police spokeswoman Calendula Green says police responded to a robbery call around 6:15 Wednesday morning at the Edgewood Terrace apartments.
Green says the first officer on the scene entered an apartment and a suspect emerged from the rear and opened fire on the officer, grazing his side.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She says the office returned fire and chased the suspect through the apartment and he crashed through a window.
Green said the suspect was wearing all black. She says officers are searching the area of the suspect.
She says the officer was taken to the hospital with a non-life threating wound.