HONOLULU (Island News) – A law enforcement officer has been shot following an active investigation and barricade situation in the Kapahulu area.

The incident was reported on Tuesday morning at approximately 9:40 a.m. Officials didn’t elaborate on the extent of the officer’s injuries or their current condition.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the following statement in regards to the incident:

“This morning, while executing a court authorized federal (NARCOTICS) search warrant at a property in Honolulu, DEA agents and task force officers encountered an individual, who began firing a weapon. During this encounter, a task force officer from a partner agency sustained a gunshot injury. The task force officer was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening wo

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