Former racer Steve Lang, who has been a member of the Murrieta, California Police Department for a decade, was injured in a gun battle late Friday night, in Murrieta.

Murrieta is located in Southern California along Interstate 15, south of Corona and Lake Elsinore and north of Temecula and Escondido.

According to local news reports, Lang and fellow officers interrupted five men intent on a home-invasion robbery. Lang was shot in one leg while chasing one of the suspects, who pulled a gun and began firing at Lang. The suspect was injured in the resulting gun battle and was hospitalized in critical condition.

Lang was released from the hospital Saturday.

Lang raced TZ Yamahas in AFM and AMA competition in the mid-1970s, frequenting now-defunct local tracks including Ontario Motor Speedway, Riverside International Raceway and Orange County International Raceway, as well as still-operating Willow Springs International Raceway, Sears Point International Raceway, Laguna Seca Raceway and Carlsbad Raceway.