(Update) INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City police officer is hospitalized after being shot in a confrontation while responding to a burglary call.

Independence Police Capt. Carl Perry said the officer was in critical condition and undergoing surgery Wednesday afternoon.

Two suspects are in custody.

Perry says officers were called to an Independence home Wednesday morning where a burglary was in progress. He says the suspects fled the house when officers arrived and fired at officers. Police returned fire and one officer was shot.

The suspects then fled in a vehicle, with police in pursuit. The suspects’ vehicle became disabled after a short chase and they were taken into custody.

Perry declined to release any more details.
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City police office is hospitalized after being injured in a confrontation after short car chase.

Independence Police Chief Brad Halsey told The Kansas City Star the officer was in surgery Wednesday afternoon after being injured.

Police had not released details about the officer’s injuries or what led to them. A police spokesman did not return calls or emails from The Associated Press.

Kansas City-area media reported the office was either shot or hit by a car in Independence Wednesday morning and suspects were taken into custody.

The confrontation apparently began with a car chase but details beyond that were not immediately released.