Yakima DOC Officer Treated And Released After Shooting

A female Department of Corrections officer serving on a violent crimes task force is recovering at home today after being shot while searching for a suspect in a Yakima drive-by shooting Thursday, and police say a 25-year-old man has been arrested. "The call came out officer down and that's the last thing we want to hear" Yakima Police spokesman Mike Bastinelli who says the officer was treated and released at a local hospital after she was injured in the leg.
The shooting happened around 1:15 p.m. Thursday at a home in the 1200 block of South 9th Avenue as task force members were searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting earlier in the morning. No one was injured in that incident. Bastinelli says three people inside the home came out prior to the shooting; they were detained for questioning. The suspect remained inside and fired several shots at officers as they surrounded the home. "Our SWAT team was deployed and we surrounded and cordoned off the area."
He says officers did not fire their weapons. The man surrendered after a standoff. He is being held in the Yakima County Jail and faces possible charges, including attempted murder.