By Evan MacDonald
Advance Ohio Media
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio — Two police officers and a man were hurt in a shooting Thursday afternoon at a Willoughby Hills BMW dealership.
The shooting happened about 2 p.m. at Classic BMW in the 2500 block of Som Center Road just south of the Interstate 90 interchange.
An employee called police after they had problems with a man who came into the dealership, Willoughby Hills police Chief Christopher J. Collins said during a news conference at the scene. The two officers responded to the call.
The suspect drew his gun inside the dealership, and the officers pulled out their guns, Collins said. Collins did not say who shot first, as the shooting remains under investigation.
No one else was hurt in the shooting.
The officers and the man who entered the dealership are expected to survive, Collins said. They are being treated at local hospitals and their conditions are considered “stable,” he said.
The officers were wearing bulletproof vests, Collins said, but he did not reveal where on their bodies they were shot.
The two officers are patrolmen. One is a 25-year veteran of the department and the other is a 3-year veteran, Collins said.
The identity of the two officers and the third person who was hurt were not immediately available.
Employees told investigators they had not seen the man before he entered the dealership Thursday afternoon, Collins said.
Officers and firefighters from Willoughby, Wickliffe and Kirtland Hills assisted at the scene. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is investigating the shooting.
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