A Santa Monica police officer was discharged from the hospital after being stabbed outside the department's headquarters over the weekend.
A Santa Monica police officer was discharged from the hospital after being stabbed outside the department's headquarters over the weekend.'We are pleased to announce that our officer has been released from the hospital and is now home, focusing on recovery,' Santa Monica police said in a statement. 'We are all grateful for his dedication to protecting our community and will do everything we can to help him and his family through the hard work of recovering from this attack.
'The officer retreated, backed away, drew his sidearm and went around the corner of the building. The suspect followed him, continuing the attack, and it was in that area ... that an officer involved shooting occurred,' Batista said. 'The officer that was assaulted is the one that discharged his weapon.'Other officers from the Santa Monica Police Department arrived and attempted life-saving measures on the suspect until paramedics from the Santa Monica Fire Department arrived.
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