PALM BAY, Fla. — Two police officers along Florida’s Space Coast were wounded by gunfire and had non-life-threatening injuries after responding to a domestic call Sunday, authorities said.
The injured Palm Bay Police Department officers were treated at a hospital and are expected to survive, Police Chief Mariano Augello said at a news conference.
The officers were responding to a call about a domestic dispute at a home in a residential area when they were shot, the chief said. He said the suspect was killed during the gunfire.
“Two of our officers were shot today doing their job and that is protecting our community,” Augello said. “We will not tolerate anyone raising their weapons or using any form of deadly force against officers.”
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate what happened, the police chief said.
In posts on social media Sunday afternoon, police asked residents to avoid the northeast Palm Bay neighborhood where officers were injured.
“There is no threat to the public at this time,” the reports said.
Palm Bay is located approximately 75 miles southeast of Orlando.