Aberdeen Police: Second Suspect Arrested in Officer Shooting

A second person has been arrested in connection with the shooting of an Aberdeen police officer, according to the Aberdeen Police Department.

Officer Jason Eaton was taken into surgery at 5 p.m. Friday, police reported.

The officer was shot in the face before 3 a.m. by a man in the tree line behind a residence in the 500 block of Ohio Court, where he was investigating a suspicious situation, police said.

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The initial suspect, Tyler Scott Testerman, 21, surrendered to authorities at a home in Edgewood at approximately 10:25 a.m. after an hours-long manhunt, police said.

Authorities said attempted murder charges were pending against Testerman.

The second suspect was not identified. Police said more information would be forthcoming.