Elkins, WV Police Officer shot, transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries

ELKINS, WV (WOAY)  An Elkins police officer received non-life-threatening injuries while effecting an arrest tonight around 7:30 p.m.

Senior Patrolman Daniel Sayre, age 25 and an Elkins Police Department officer since 2015, was shot and is being transported by helicopter to Morgantown.

A suspect is in custody.

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