The shooting prompted a massive police search for the suspect, the San Diego Police Department said.
Two police officers were shot and wounded late Thursday in the American city of San Diego. Their condition is still unknown.
Police took a suspect into custody as they searched for another suspect or suspects in Southcrest, a southeastern neighborhood of San Diego, where they told residents to shelter in place, according to the department's Twitter handle.
On their official twitter account that they cautioned the residents in the area: