-St. Paul, MN. -December 07, 2023. Support us on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/shop/policebodycamvideos Donate to us through Patreon! https://patreon.com/PoliceBodycamVideos? A St. Paul police officer was shot in a leg and a suspect was critically injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon, authorities said. It happened around 2 p.m., St. Paul Police Sgt. Mike Ernster said at a news conference Thursday night. The officer was treated at a hospital and released, while the suspect remained hospitalized in critical condition, Ernster said. The shooting happened after a woman called 911 and said a man was following her in a vehicle, violating a protection order she had against him, Ernster said. The woman said the man was armed with a handgun and was intentionally running his vehicle into her vehicle, causing damage, Ernster said. “When our officer arrived in the area of this call, he confronted the man, and that man fired toward our officer with that handgun, striking him in the lower leg,” Ernster said. “Our officer returned fire, striking the man and critically injuring him.”