Manhunt for Suspect who Shot Scottsdale Police Officer

Police Search for 37-year-old Kenneth Hearne after Shooting Police Officer Friday Evening. Suspect is considered Armed and Dangerous.

Kenneth Hearne

A Manhunt is underway in the search for one man. Kenneth Hearne, the prime and only suspect in the Shooting of a Scottsdale Police Officer, that took place Friday Evening in Downtown Phoenix.

According to Scottsdale Police Chief Jeff Walther, the incident began at around 7:00 p.m. when members of the Scottsdale Police's Special Assignments Unit were serving a search warrant at an apartment complex near 1st Avenue and Roosevelt.

Officers on the scene were told no one else was in the apartment other than a woman and young child. Upon entry and further search of the apartment, Hearne was spotted inside. He began to flee and ran behind a wall inside the apartment. Detectives tried to talk to him, Hearne then began to fire shots at the officers through the wall. An Officer was hit, fellow officers returned fire. Its unclear