Colorado Officer Wounded in Gun Grab Attack, Suspect Killed

An assault suspect is dead and a Thornton, Colorado, police officer was injured in a shooting Wednesday morning.

Thornton police say the shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Officers were searching for a suspect in an assault at a nearby gas station. When they found him, a physical struggle ensued and the suspect grabbed an officer's gun, CBS reports.

"The officer struggled to retain his weapon," the department said in a news release. "During the struggle the officer was shot and suffered a serious injury."

Another officer then shot the suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The wounded Thornton officer was shot has been taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.