A normally quiet neighborhood in Aberdeen was disrupted today by gunfire Wednesday. An Aberdeen police officer was shot in the leg during a drug raid at around 2:00 in the afternoon. The house police were searching is at 211 9th Ave. SE.

People living in the neighborhood say they have noticed suspicious activity around the house for a long time. Some parents say they are alarmed by this incident and are even considering moving.

Terry Marko, a neighbor to the house, says, "I drove down the street, decided to come by my house. And as I came by my house, the ambulances pulled up two doors down and I thought I would see what's going on and saw them carrying an officer out on a stretcher."

But Marko told us they've had suspicions about the house. "He told me that he thought it was a meth house because they had their windows open in the winter and fans blowing out so that's the first time i heard about this."

Officers were still on the scene late Wednesday night collecting evidence. Right now we know the officer is at Avera St. Lukes Hospital in Aberdeen, and the matter is still under investigation.