ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Three officers are in the hospital after police say they were shot responding to a domestic scene Friday night on Chili Avenue near Thurston Road.
What we know
RPD Chief David Smith briefed the media Saturday morning, saying officers responded to reports of a man breaking into the house of his ex-girlfriend, possibly with a gun, around 10:15 p.m. Officers tell us the caller, the woman’s current boyfriend, told police he had his legally-owned pistol on him at the time.
When officers got to the scene, they found the suspect on the side of the house — that’s when bullets started to fly.
Chief Smith says the suspect pulled out a gun and starting shooting at officers and the victim. RPD officers and the victim shot back, and the victim was shot multiple times…