A police officer was lethally wounded as he was shot at while heading home from work in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt, a spokesman for the republican interior ministry told Itar-Tass on Saturday. According to the spokesman, the accident occurred at 18:35 Moscow time on Friday, when the police officer responsible for the affairs of the under-aged came under gunfire from a Lada car. Police found caliber 5.45 and 7.62 mm cartridge cases on the scene. The police officer was hospitalized but died overnight to Saturday. Investigation is underway.