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Cop Injured While Taking Suspect Into Custody

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A Metro police officer was injured overnight while taking a robbery suspect into custody in south Nashville.

The incident happened just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, on Apache Trail Road. 

The officer was flagged down by at least two victims who said they'd just been robbed while trying to purchase a cell phone. 

They were able to give police a good suspect description, which helped lead them to the suspects.

While taking one of them into custody, an officer apparently slipped and fell on broken glass. That officer suffered a laceration to his arm.

Although the wound required stitches, he was expected to recover. His name was not known.

One robbery suspect was taken into custody. Two others remain at large.