A police officer is hospitalized and a four-year-old girl is dead after both were shot Wednesday in Columbiana County.
St. Clair Township Police say an officer was responding to a report about a possibly suicidal man and that when the officer approached, the suspect opened fire.
The officer returned fire and, in the exchange, the suspect was hit.
The officer was hit in the head -- as was the little girl who was inside a dentist's office at the time.
There has been no word on the condition of the suspect.
The officer was last reported as hospitalized in stable condition.