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Police Officer Shot

Updated: January 18, 2013
DECATUR -- Police say an officer was shot this morning on North Taylor Avenue.  

Police Chief Todd Walker says officers were called to the 900 block around 6:30 am this morning.  

When officers arrived they issued a search warrant for drugs.  They confronted suspect Dennis Wayne Kendall.  Police say he had a gun and fired at police through a door.  

A narcotics officer was shot in the leg.  He was taken to Decatur Memorial Hospital for surgery. Investigators say they expect him to recover.  
 
Kendall was arrested for attempted murder of a police officer along with several other charges.  

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