Hillsborough police on Sunday said they believe their department was the target of a shooting that injured an officer.

HILLSBOROUGH — A police officer was shot in a police department parking lot Saturday afternoon, and authorities continued to search for the suspect Sunday, according to press releases from the Hillsborough Police Department.

A search is underway in Hillsborough for a suspect after police said an officer was shot in the police department's parking lot Saturday evening.

A person of interest has been interviewed in South San Francisco as police investigate the Saturday incident police say involved the "ambush" of an officer in the Hillsborough Police Department parking lot,

Hillsborough police are following new leads as they search for the gunman who shot an officer in an ambush style attack Saturday.

A Hillsborough police officer was "ambushed" by a gunman in the rear parking lot of the town's police station Saturday afternoon, but survived, officials said. The suspect, who fled the scene on foot, was still at large Saturday night. While the officer returned fire, it wasn't known whether he struck his assailant, police said.