A police officer, a bystander and a suspect were in stable condition Monday following a shooting at a Pikesville park over the weekend.

Baltimore County Police officers received calls for a person indecently exposing themself at Villa Nova Park around 8:50 a.m. Sunday. As the officers walked along a trail, they encountered a person armed with a gun, police said.

Police said the person fired at the officers, striking one in the upper body and also shooting a bystander.

Officers returned fire, shooting the suspect, Police Chief Robert McCullough said.

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According to officials, two county police officers discharged their weapons during the incident. The officer who was shot, identified by authorities Monday as P. Catalfamo, did not discharge their gun, according to a news release.

How many shots were exchanged remains unclear.

Officer Catalfamo, who has worked for the police department for about a year and a half, was in critical but stable condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center as of Monday afternoon. The bystander sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and continues to recover, county officials said in the release.

The suspect was also in stable condition, the release said.

The police department’s investigation is ongoing. Officials said they will release the suspect’s identity when criminal charges are filed.