The Latest: Officer shot during carjacking out of hospital

PHILADELPHIA – The Latest on the Philadelphia police officer shot during a carjacking (all times local):

11:40 p.m.

A Philadelphia police officer who was shot while trying to stop a carjacking has been released from the hospital.

Officer James McCullough was released Monday night, a day after he was shot once in the left leg.

Police say the officer and his partner were flagged down Sunday night by a woman who reported being carjacked by two men at gunpoint.

The men fled on foot as officers approached. Police say as the officers pursued them, one man turned and shot McCullough.

Police say the man who didn’t shoot was arrested nearby. The other man was arrested earlier Monday. Police say undercover narcotics officers spotted him, arrested him without incident and recovered a gun.

Charges are pending against both men.

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4:00 p.m.

Police say they’ve arrested a man who shot an officer trying to stop a Philadelphia carjacking. They say charges are pending against him and another man.

Officer James McCullough was shot once in the left leg Sunday night. He was in stable condition Monday.

Police say the officer and his partner were flagged down by a woman who reported being carjacked by two men at gunpoint.

The men fled on foot as officers approached. Police say the officers pursued and one man turned and shot McCullough in the leg.

Police say the man who didn’t shoot was arrested nearby. Undercover narcotics officers say they spotted the shooter on Monday, arrested him and recovered a gun.