San Diego Police Department confirmed at a conference Friday that one of the two police officers shot late Thursday night was dead and the other was expected to survive.

Shelley Zimmerman, the chief of San Diego Police Department, said at a conference at 11:00 am local time that Jonathan DeGuzman, 16-year veteran of San Diego Police Department, was dead.

"Our hearts go out to the wife and two kids of fallen Officer Jonathan DeGuzman," she said.

The other wounded officer, Wade Irwin, has just gone through a surgery and "is expected to survive the attempt on his life," Zimmerman said.

The police chief noted that police have a Hispanic male adult in custody with gunshot wound and in critical condition. The identity of this Hispanic man is not released yet.

According to Zimmerman, the police are still searching for possible suspects. "We have a house surrounded where a potential second suspect may be inside."

Two offices exchanged gun fire with some suspects in the Southcrest area late Thursday night, according to police. Zimmerman said the incident happened very quickly -- couple of minutes after the officer informed the situation, they were shot down.

It is still unknown whether it was an ambush attack to police or not.

The police did not mention the cause of the shooting, but Zimmerman noted that the police have video evidence because the shot officers wore camera when it happened.

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