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A po­lice of­fi­cer was shot and in­jured dur­ing a pa­trol in Tu­na­puna on Mon­day night.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers at­tached to the North­ern Di­vi­sion were on mo­bile pa­trol along Main­got and Fair­ley Streets around 8 pm when they re­spond­ed to a re­port of as­sault.

While in­ter­view­ing the vic­tim, a sus­pect armed with a high-pow­ered ri­fle opened fire on the po­lice ve­hi­cle, hit­ting one of the of­fi­cers in the right leg.