Chattanooga officer survives shooting

9:20 AM, Mar 13, 2013   |    comments
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Chattanooga are looking for a suspect after a city police officer was shot and wounded.

Police Chief Bobby Dodd said Officer William McMillan received a wound that was not life-threatening while on duty Tuesday evening. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported police were searching for a known suspect who has a previous arrest for assaulting a police officer.

Dodd said it wasn't immediately known whether McMillan was trying to stop a crime or walked up on one when he was shot.

WRCB-TV reported there had been no arrests as of Wednesday morning. Dodd told the station the officer was in stable condition and in good spirits.