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LOS ANGELES (AP) A campus police officer shot and wounded a 52-year-old transient suspected of trespassing at a student lounge at the University of California, Los Angeles, authorities said.
Willie Davis Frazier was taken to UCLA Medical Center and was listed in critical condition late Monday after being struck in the abdomen, police said.
The officer was on a routine foot patrol around 10 p.m. Sunday when he came across Frazier in the lounge, said Pamela Corante, UCLA's assistant director of media relations. After the unidentified officer confronted Frazier, a brief scuffle ensued.
``The office, in fear of his life, fired two shots, striking the suspect once,'' Corante said.
The officer, who said he was struck several times in the face, received minor injuries.
Los Angeles police were reviewing the incident, a standard university procedure for shootings involving campus officers. The University of California Police Department was also investigating the incident.
The campus police officer was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of the shooting.