Calif. officer critically wounded in shooting 
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento-area police officer was shot and critically wounded following an attempted traffic stop, and a suspect was arrested hours later, authorities say. The officer was hit by several bullets from what police believe was a lone shooter, the Sacramento Bee reported on its website.
The shooting came after a car and then a foot chase following the officer's attempts to pull a vehicle over in the Sacramento area around 2 p.m. Saturday.
Sacramento Police Department spokesman Sgt. Andrew Pettit said 32-year-old suspect Tyron Smith was arrested late Saturday night.
"We got him in custody," Pettit told the newspaper.
The wounded officer is a member of the Twin Rivers Police Department.
Twin Rivers police spokesman William Cho says the 25-year-old officer was in critical but stable condition after surgery at the UC Davis Medical Center.
Police spokesmen weren't immediately available for comment early Sunday.
Police did not provide a reason for the attempted traffic stop.
Pettit said the suspect was apprehended about 11:10 p.m. without incident a few blocks from the shooting site.
Authorities had checked several "houses of interest" in the neighborhood where the shooting took place.
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Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com
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