A Gastonia, NC, police officer serving with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force was rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after being shot while serving a warrant in north Charlotte.
According to the FBI, members of their Safe Streets Task Force were executing a warrant to an ongoing criminal investigation and as they approached the home, they were fired upon. An officer with the Gastonia Police Department was hit.
The officer was reportedly shot twice in the arm. The wounds have been described by Fox 46 as non life-threatening.
A person at the home was detained.