ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer in the San Francisco Bay Area has been shot in the head and hospitalized.
The officer was shot shortly before 8 p.m. Monday in Antioch and reportedly is in stable condition.
However, details of the shooting were not immediately released.
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KPIX-TV says the shooting sent dozens of officers from various agencies to the Deerfield Drive neighborhood and a yard-by-yard search was underway for the shooter.
Some homes reportedly were evacuated.
A call to the Police Department seeking comment was not immediately returned.
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