Detroit Officer Shot in Face

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A Detroit police officer is in the hospital after being shot early Saturday morning.

According to police, around 3:30, a Dodge Charger was carjacked from a Coney Island at 6 Mile and Livernois in Detroit.

Police officers spotted the vehicle and followed it along 6 Mile and Wyoming.

The two men inside the car jumped out and there was a short chase on foot, according to police.

One of the men jumped over a fence and pulled out a gun and fired at least two shots. Police told Local 4 one officer was hit in the face and the abdomen.

His partner shot at the gunman killing him.

The shooter was identified as Oneil Ellington, 28.

Police said he is a parolee with a long criminal record, which included armed robbery and fleeing and eluding police.

Police are also questioning another man matching the description of the other person in the car.

According to police, the wounded officer is a 5-year veteran on the force working out of the western district.

He is listed in critical condition.

 

[iMONITOR]

Good to hear his partner killed the bad guy! Any update on the officer's condition?

Thanks!

 

[FieldWalker]

An undercover Detroit police officer is good condition and is recovering from surgery at a local hospital after he was shot while trying to capture an alleged carjacker.

At 3:10 a.m. Saturday morning the officer and his partner were called to the Finest Coney Island at McNichols and Livernois where a Dodge Charger had been stolen from the parking lot.

The officers chased the vehicle to Wyoming and Thatcher where the suspects dumped the car and fled on foot, police said.

After both officers identified themselves, the 28-year-old suspect turned and fired shots at the officers, striking one officer in the face and stomach. Both officers returned the gunfire, fatally shooting the 28-year-old suspect, who has been identified as O'Neil Anthony Ellington, according to police.

The other suspect, who is 26, was captured by the other officer. The case remains under investigation.