UPDATE: The BPD officer involved in this incident has since been discharged from the hospital.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A Baltimore Police officer was shot Friday afternoon in the east side of the city.
The incident took place during a behavioral crisis inside a home in the 1100 block of E. Chase Street.
Neighbors tells us a mother called 911 reporting that her 19-year old son was inside the home acting violent, despite having a court order to stay away.
Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the officer was shot in the leg while trying to take the suspect into custody.
Officers were eventually able to arrest the alleged shooter.
The wounded officer is being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and is expected to recover.
Worley credited a police trainee on scene with applying a tourniquet, potentially saving the officer's life.
The names of the officer and suspect have not been released.
