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A Decatur police officer is in stable condition this afternoon after being shot in the leg while investigating a drug warrant.
The
incident occurred when police knocked on the door of a home in the
900-block of North Taylor Street in Decatur to execute a search warrant
for illegal drugs. When officers got no answer, they tried to force
their way into the home, but could not gain access because the door had
been reinforced from the inside.
At some point, a single shot
was fired through the door from inside the house, shattering and
fracturing the officer's lower right leg.
Dennis Wayne Kendall,
32, the target of the warrant, is now in police custody. He faces
preliminary charges of attempted murder of a police officer, possession
of a firearm by a felon, armed violence, felony drug charges, and
operating a fortified drug house. Police found felony amounts of drugs
and the 9mm weapon used to shoot the officer in Kendall's house.
Police are investigating how Kendall, a convicted felon, obtained the gun. Additional arrests may be forthcoming.
The injured officer is an eight-year veteran of the Decatur Police Department. Authorities are not releasing his name.
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