A traffic stop outside a liquor store along Federal Boulevard on Tuesday led to a shootout that left a Denver police officer in critical condition and a wounded suspect in custody. Police said they were still searching for one other possible suspect. Witnesses described hearing dozens of gunshots before Officer Tony Lopez Jr. radioed that he had been hit.

Lopez, a seven-year veteran of the department, underwent hours of surgery for multiple wounds to the upper and lower parts of his body. Doctors were "cautiously optimistic" about his prognosis, said Kelli Christen sen, a spokeswoman for Denver Health.
 

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