A shovel lies on the ground on 7th and State Streets in El Centro. Joselito Villero Photo.
A suspect was shot after a confrontation with a couple and soon after a detective, said Cmdr. Paul Longoria of the El Centro Police Department.
The department received a call at 9:41 a.m. about a man threatening a couple outside of the Executive Inn on the corner of State and Seventh streets, Longoria said. A detective, the first to respond to the scene, confronted the suspect.
Different stories have come in about what happened, but the suspect was acting in a "threatening manner," Longoria said.
"The detective shot the suspect in question," Longoria said.
Multiple shots were fired, though it was not known how many, he said. The suspect was taken to a hospital and, to Longoria's knowledge, is stable.
The detective is being interviewed as well as the couple that was threatened by the suspect, Longoria said. The information is in its preliminary stage.
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--ELIZABETH VARIN, staff writer
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