An officer with the Tampa Police Department was woundedâas were several other individualsâwhen a gunman reportedly went on a "shooting spree" on Thursday evening.
According to Spectrum News, the 24-year-old officerâwhose name has not yet been releasedâwas shot in the arm and suffered other injuries due to flying glass from the broken window of his patrol vehicle.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said that the alleged gunmanâidentified as 31-year-old Antonio Cruz Ortizâwas taken into custody and is facing charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and attempted second degree murder.