SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A shootout that sent schoolchildren and pedestrians running for cover in San Francisco wounded one officer, the suspected gunman and four others, including a minor, police said.
Police Chief Bill Scott said at a news conference that officers were responding to reports of a man with a gun in the city's Outer Mission neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon.
Their investigation led to a nearby business, where Scott said officers "made contact with several individuals and shots were exchanged."
One officer and five others were shot, including the gunman who fired on police.
The officer is in fair condition with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg, police and hospital officials said.
Of four men who were shot, one is in critical condition, another is in serious condition and two others are in fair condition.
San Francisco General Hospital spokesman Brent Andrew declined to release the status of a minor who was hit by gunfire, citing their age.
Police declined to answer any further questions about the shootout, which witnesses described as terrifying.
"It was intense - everybody was trying to get away," Malashia Buckner told the San Francisco Chronicle. "A lot of people and kids were running from the scene."