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CEDAR CITY — A woman was shot and injured by police Sunday night near Cedar City.
The incident occurred near the area of 4680 North and 4500 West, northwest of Cedar City, when Iron County sheriff's deputies and Enoch police officers responded to a report of a "suspicious person in possession of a firearm," according to a statement from the Iron, Garfield, Beaver Critical Incident Task Force.
After arriving at the scene, officers made contact with a woman and, according to the statement, she was not compliant with the officers' commands to exit the vehicle.
At some point, "two officers discharged their weapons, and the gunfire struck the subject," the statement says.
The woman was treated at the scene before being flown to St. George Regional Hospital.
"The subject is reported to be in stable condition and is in recovery," the task force said in a prepared statement Monday afternoon.
Additional information about the woman and what prompted the shooting was not immediately released Monday.
Contributing: Pat Reavy
