BELLINGHAM — A Lummi Nation Police Department officer shot and wounded someone suspected in a burglary, authorities said.
Lummi police found a person who appeared be hiding in a recreational vehicle while police were investigating a burglary Sunday afternoon, The Bellingham Herald reported.
Police entered the vehicle with the owner’s permission, and that the person was non-compliant and shot by an officer, according to a news release from the Lummi Nation. The person’s injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
Officers administered first-aid until medics arrived and took the person to a Bellingham hospital.
The Bellingham Police Department is helping with an investigation into the incident. The involved officers were placed on administrative leave pending the completion of the investigation.
No other information about the suspect or the officers involved was released.
