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Pa. Officer Wounded In Gun Battle

A Pittsburgh police officer returned fire after a suspect shot him during a foot pursuit when the officer was in the prone position. Officer Christopher Kertis was shot several times in the left leg.

March 19, 2013
Pa. Officer Wounded In Gun Battle

Screenshot via WTAE.

A Pittsburgh police officer returned fire after a suspect shot him during a foot pursuit when the officer was in the prone position.

Officer Christopher Kertis was shot several times in the left leg by Dante Bonner, 18, early Sunday at a bus station parking lot in East Liberty. Bonner remains in critical condition after he was hit multiple times.

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The gun fight occurred during a foot pursuit. Officer Kertis has tripped and Bonner fired at the officer at point-blank range. Officer Charles Thomas also returned Bonner's gunfire, reports WTAE .

Bonner, who had been charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest a month ago, fired at the officer with a 9mm handgun reported stolen from a vehicle, reports the Post-Gazette . Bonner is also a suspect in the murder of a community organizer.

Bonner's sister, Dena Hamilton, told WTAE she doesn't believe the police account of what happened.