San Diego police officer wounded in shooting

SAN DIEGO – A female San Diego police officer was injured and a suspect was killed in a shooting in Kearny Mesa Sunday morning, authorities said.

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A woman who has been on the police force for five years was shot in the upper body Sunday around 7:40 a.m. near 7700 block of Mesa College Drive, according to SDPD Lt. Mike Hastings. The officer was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital and was in stable condition notably in “good spirits,” according to SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman. When two officers attempted to stop the driver of an speeding silver Jeep early Sunday morning on southbound state Route 805 at the state Route 163 interchange the driver refused to halt and sped off, according to Hastings. The chase ended with the suspect bailing out of his silver Jeep on the 163 Freeway near a thicket of landscaping at the 805-163 interchange. More...