CANON CITY — A Canon City police officer shot a suspect believed to have robbed a police supply store Saturday afternoon after a scuffle during which the suspect stabbed the officer, officials said.
The suspect fled on foot and when an off-duty Canon City patrol officer located a subject matching the description an altercation ensued and the suspect stabbed the officer in the arm, the Canon City police department said in a news release. The officer then shot the suspect in the torso.
Both were taken to St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City. The suspect was then taken via helicopter to a Colorado Springs hospital, the release said.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has been contacted to help with the investigation.
Anyone with information pertinent to the case is asked to call the Canon City Police Department at 719-276-5600.
