Officer shot in conflict with ?known gang members?

Suspected gang members in Southwest Baltimore engaged police in a brazen mid-day shoot-out during a traffic stop Tuesday ? with one suspect shooting an officer in the leg.

The altercation began when two officers pulled over a vehicle containing “known gang members” around 2 p.m. at West Lanvale and Poplar Grove streets ? and a suspect inside the car jumped out and began to run, Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld said.