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Suspect Charged After Exchanging Gunfire With Cop In Area Suspect Charged After Exchanging Gunfire With Cop In Area
Suspect Charged After Exchanging Gunfire With Cop In Area A man who allegedly shot a police office responding to a domestic dispute was charged with the felony of first-degree attempted murder. The officer was reportedly on routine patrol in Orange County when a woman on Myrtle Avenue in Middletown flagged him down at approximately 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.  As he spoke to the woman, Bronx resident Desean J. Owens, 29, reportedly emerged from the home brandishing a 9 mm. pistol and shot the responding officer in the left forearm, according to authorities. The officer returned fire, wounding Owens, before summoning additional police o…

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by Christina Coulter
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Officer Shot, Wounded After Exchanging Gunfire With Suspect In Area Officer Shot, Wounded After Exchanging Gunfire With Suspect In Area
Officer Shot, Wounded After Exchanging Gunfire With Suspect In Area A  police officer was shot and wounded after exchanging gunfire with a suspect in the Hudson Valley. The officer was responding to a domestic dispute at a home in Orange County on Myrtle Avenue in Middletown on Saturday, Aug. 29 at about 7:45 p.m. The officer was shot and then returned fire, Middletown Police said. The suspect also was wounded. The officer, who was on routine patrol in a marked police vehicle, after being flagged down, pulled his vehicle to the side of the road and exited his patrol car to speak with the woman who had requested assistance, sai…

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by Joe Lombardi