Florida officer recovering after being shot by barricaded suspect in hotel room

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Fort Lauderdale police officer is recovering after being shot.

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Officers responded to a Holiday Inn Express Thursday morning after a caller said he killed someone in his hotel room.

They then exchanged gunfire with a suspect who was barricaded in a room.

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One officer was shot.

He was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.

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The suspect was later found dead in the hotel room.

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