A Boston police officer was shot in the arm and a suspect was wounded during a chase in Roxbury early Friday, the commissioner said.

Police said officers spotted a "group of suspicious individuals" in the park at Dudley and Washington Streets around 12:45 a.m. When they approached the group, investigators said one man ran away. They chased him to Kenilworth Street and that's when, according to police, the man shot at them.

"As officers turned the corner, they were fired upon by this individual. The officers returned fire, striking the suspect multiple times in the lower extremities. One police officer was struck in the arm. It appears to be non-life-threatening," Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox told reporters. "We're very, very lucky and fortunate that there was no loss of life to

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