A San Diego police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded overnight during a traffic stop as a suspect was taken in custody, local police reported Friday (July 29). <br /> <br />"I'm extremely heartbroken to report that we had an officer shot and killed tonight. A second officer has been shot and is currently in surgery. We are hopeful that that officer will survive and make a full recovery," said San Diego Police Department Chief Shelley Zimmerman. <br /> <br />The officers, members of the department's gang suppression unit, were shot during a traffic stop at about 11 p.m. local time in Southcrest, a southeastern neighborhood of San Diego, the San Diego Union Tribune reported. <br /> <br />Zimmerman said the officers put out a call for "emergency cover" soon after they reported making the stop. <br /> <br />One resident said the emergency response units which came to the scene of the shooting, felt like a "military" operation. <br /> <br />"I have never experienced anything like this, where it feels like - it's almost like, the military just rolled up. The way the police swarmed the street - which - you know, I feel safe that the cops react that fast, but I feel a little uneasy," said San Diego, resident, Francisco Navallez. <br /> <br />The officers were taken to hospitals after the shooting. One of the officers was shot multiple times and died and the other was undergoing surgery early Friday. <br /> <br />"The officers are heroic, out there protecting our city day and night," said Zimmerman. <br /> <br />Police took a suspect into custody and searched for other possible suspect or suspects, according to the department's Twitter account. <br /> <br />The incident comes after eight officers were shot dead in ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge in July, putting police departments across the United States on high alert.
