Members of the Twin Falls Police Department load an Idaho State Police officer who was shot today at the Hampton Inn in Twin Falls. Police say a suspect is in custody and a hostage has been released unharmed and after a three-hour standoff at a Twin Falls hotel that left one officer with a gunshot to the leg. Twin Falls Police Department spokesman Luke Allen says negotiators talked with the suspect for about a half-hour before taking him into custody. Neither the suspect nor the hostage has been identified by police. The Police officer was shot in the leg and is being treated at a hospital. See story below. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith)

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