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Miami police officer shot several times during drug sting

10:06 PM, Jul 31, 2012   |    comments
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Miami (WSVN/CNN) - A Miami-Dade police officer is recovering from being shot several times during a drug sting Tuesday night.

You're looking at video from the scene.

Officers went to a home to bust a suspected marijuana grow house.

When detectives asked for consent to search the home, they say a car pulled up and a man got out and starting shooting.

Officers returned fire and killed the gunman.

A second suspect was wounded and is in police custody.

A third person is on the loose.

The injured officer was shot in the stomach but is in stable condition and expected to survive.

WSVN/CNN