OAKLAND, Calif. -- Police are still searching for two men wanted in connection with the shooting of a police officer Monday night.
The officer was treated and released from a hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to the arm, according to police.
Officers this morning have narrowed their search to an area along Seminary Avenue between East 17th Street and Harmon Avenue.
One man was detained Monday night following the shooting.
Police Chief Howard Jordan said the officer -- an undercover detective -- was sitting in a car in the 1700 block of Seminary Avenue when he was shot about 6:22 p.m. The officer was in the neighborhood investigating a shooting in the 5900 block of Foothill Boulevard on Sunday that left a man with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The shooting sparked a massive hunt in the East Oakland neighborhood, where SWAT officers and a California Highway Patrol helicopter were called in to assist with the search.
Jordan would not say if the suspects were in a car or on foot at the time of the shooting, but police earlier said that one of the suspects was seen holding a gun as he ran from the scene. A second weapon was also recovered at the shooting scene, but it wasn't immediately known which weapon was used to shoot the officer.
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