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Iowa State Patrol trooper shot

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(AP)  The Iowa State Patrol says at least one officer has been shot during a chase following a bank robbery in Maynard in northeast Iowa.

Sgt. Scott Bright says a trooper was shot in the upper right arm on Tuesday.  The injury is not considered life-threatening.        

The Maynard Saving Bank was robbed around noon on Tuesday.  The suspects fled in a car.

Bright says the trooper was shot following a chase that ended in the Fredericksburg area.  He says the suspects jumped out of the car.  Authorities are searching the area, and a SWAT team has been called in.

FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault says agents were on the scene and more were on the way.

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