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Officers involved in NN shooting

Updated: Thursday, 28 Feb 2013, 11:30 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 28 Feb 2013, 7:52 PM EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) - Police say shots rang out Thursday evening while officers were serving a warrant in Newport News.

According to Harold Eley with the Newport News Police Department, the officers were serving a narcotics search warrant at a home in the 2000 block of Chestnut Avenue.

Eley said shots from inside of the home were fired as officers were trying to enter just after 7 p.m.

Officers returned fire and set up a perimeter around the home. Eley said several people were detained and a Tactical Operations Unit was on scene.

The incident was cleared just after 10 p.m.

No one was injured.

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Officers involved in NN shooting

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