MPD officer recovering after being shot by fellow officer during struggle with suspect

A Milwaukee police officer was shot Tuesday night after another officer's gun discharged during an arrest.

A MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER ISRECOVERING THIS AFTERNOONAFTER BEING SHOT OVERNIGHT.THEOFFICER-- ACCIDENTIALLY SHOTBY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THEFORCE.

OUR RYAN JENKINSEXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED.POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TOFIGURE OUT WHY AND HOW APOLICE OFFICERS GUN FIRED ANDHIT ANOTHER OFFICER.WE DO KNOWTHAT THE 33-YEAR-OLD OFFICERIS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

POLICEARE SAYING THE OFFICERS WEREARRESTING A WANTED MAN WHENALL OF THIS HAPPENED.POLICESAY THE OFFICERS LOCATED A CAASSOCIATED WITH A SHOOTING INMILWAUKEE IN THE AREA OF 9THAND HADLEY SHORTLY AFTER TENLAST NIGHT.WE ARE TOLD THATWHEN POLICE TRIED TO STOP THATCAR, THE DRIVER TOOK OFF ANDLED POLICE ON A CHASE.

THEN,POLICE SAY THE CAR BROKE DOWNNEAR 8TH AND NORTH AND THEDRIVER GOT OUT AND RAN.THEYCAUGHT UP WITH THE 24-YEAR-OLDMAN IN THE 600 BLOCK OF WESTGARFIELD AND TOOK HIM INTOCUSTODY.BUT POLICE SAY WHILEPLACING THE MAN INTO THE SQUADCAR, THERE WAS A STRUGGLE...THEN, A SHOT WAS FIRED FROMONE OFFICER'S GUN ... STRIKINGANOTHER OFFICER.THE OFFICERWAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ANDAGAIN, HE IS EXPECTED TO BEOKAY.POLICE ALSO SAY THESUSPECT THEY WERE AFTER IS NOWIN CUSTODY.IN MILWAUKEE, RYANJENKINS, TMJ-4 NEWS.MILWAUKEE POLICE SAY THEOFFICER'S GUN áWASá HOLSTEREDAT THE TIME IT WENT OFF.THEOFFICER WHO WAS HIT HAS SINCEBEEN TREATED AND RELEASED FROMA LOCAL HOSPITAL.