Four police officers have been shot one after the other after responding to a call made from inside a home in San Antonio, Texas, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident occurred Wednesday evening when police officers received a call from an apartment in San Antonio, Texas, from somebody reporting that their family member was in distress and needed immediate help, authorities said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n However, as police responded to the scene, they were shot one after the other in succession, according to San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first officer who responded was shot in the lower extremities with the second officer shot shortly after, police said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A third responding officer subsequently arrived on scene and was shot before the last officer responded and was struck by a bullet in the upper torso, police confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All four officers were immediately taken to the hospital where they are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The identities of the police officers involved have not yet been released but McManus said that each of them had between four to eight years of experience on the force.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The suspect — a male in his 40s — has also not yet been identified but police said they are working on trying to get the person out of the apartment with the assistance of a SWAT team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The situation is currently ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n