A Minneapolis police officer was shot early Saturday while responding to a robbery call on the 1100 block of 24^th Avenue N in the Jordan neighborhood. After taking the statement of the female caller, the cop was shot.

The police cordoned off the area near 24^th and Fremont avenues for several hours after the shooting incident, while police dogs scoured the area for the gunman.

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The wounded officer was taken by his partner to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. In connection with the shooting, police arrested the suspect Andrew J. Neal at 1:30 p.m. at his residence at 1119 Logan Ave. N. He was arrested for violating probation, probable-cause robbery and probable-cause domestic aggravated assault.

A YouTube clip showed Neal being arrested by cops.

It is unclear, though, if Neal - who was jailed previously for first-degree assault and has arrest records - is the suspect in the shooting of the officer. But it was Neal who was identified by the woman in the early morning burglary. The victim said that Neal broke her kitchen window using a hammer.

After Neal left, a friend of the woman chased Neal off the place with a pocket knife. The victim, meanwhile, called the police, which was where the cop was shot as he was standing near the squad vehicle.

Star Tribune identified the wounded officer as Jordan Davis, who is now recovering and did not suffer any permanent damage from the shooting incident.

According to Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau, who visited the wounded officer at the hospital, he was the target of the shooting because he happened to be in the vicinity responding to the burglary call.

Davis finished his police academy training in 2008 and is a patrol officer with the Fourth Precinct. In 2013, Davis was awarded the DWI All-Star for making 110 DWI arrests.

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