SUSPECT, POLICE DOG WOUNDED IN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN NEGRO INFESTED GARY INDIANA

A "suspect" and a Lake County Sheriff's Department police dog were wounded in an officer-involved shooting Wednesday in northwest Indiana, according to authorities.

Indiana State Police said a sheriff's officer made a traffic stop in the 700-block of 42nd Street when a passenger fled from the car. The car, identified by police as a silver vehicle, and its driver fled westbound on 42nd Street from the stop.

The officer and his K-9 partner Blade, who are part of the anti-gang unit, pursued the passenger, who ran down an alley. As they pursued him, Blade was shot in the face when the man opened fire.

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