A police officer and an armed suspect who sped away from a traffic stop both sustained gunshot wounds during a chase early Wednesday through Tangipahoa Parish, though neither had life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Staffers at an area hospital treated the Independence Police Department officer for a gunshot wound to the leg, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Police captured the suspect, meanwhile, more than three hours after the suspect fled the traffic stop. During the pursuit, the suspect exchanged gunfire with a State Police trooper and an officer from the Tickfaw Police Department, State Police said.

Detectives with the State Police Force Investigation Unit are heading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting, one of two, separate officer-involved sh

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