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Gunman Is Sought in Shooting of Officer

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Police were searching Saturday night for a man who shot and wounded a patrol officer late Friday.

Frank Fidel Beltran, 35, allegedly fired on an officer who had been sent to check out a call from a home near Foothill Boulevard, police said. As the officer and a partner approached the home about 11 p.m., the suspect shot the officer in the hand, authorities said.

The officer, whose name was not released, was treated at a hospital and released early Saturday, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (626) 914-8297.

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