An officer involved shooting in El Cajon Wednesday morning left a suspected car thief wounded.
A tweet from the El Cajon Police department indicated it happened shortly before 9 a.m.in the 500-600 block of South Johnson Avenue. They said the incident happened when police were contacting a male suspect in a stolen car. The ECPD tweet said the man was transported to a hospital and was in stable condition.
Several people who live in the area told our reporting partner 10News they heard two to three gunshots at around 8:45 a.m., followed by sirens.
There were no reports of any police officers injured in the incident which was still being investigated Monday afternoon. No further details were immediately released.
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