Washington police officer shot in head, hospitalized
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- A police officer was shot and critically wounded Thursday about 60 miles north of Seattle in Mount Vernon, authorities said.
A Mount Vernon police officer was initially taken to Skagit Valley Hospital Thursday evening, The Skagit Valley Herald reported. The officer, believed to be in his early 60s, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Thursday night with a gunshot wound to the head, according to hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg. She said the officer was in the early stages of assessment at about 9:50 p.m.
Mount Vernon police Lt. Chris Cammock said police had few details to immediately release but that the area was closed by police and multiple news outlets were reporting that a suspect was barricaded in a Mount Vernon residence and that officers and a SWAT team were attempting to negotiate.
Washington State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis tweeted that the scene was still active just before 10 p.m.
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