RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Police in Richmond, Virginia, say an officer shot and wounded a man on New Year’s Eve after the man pointed a gun at the officer. Authorities say the man is expected to survive.
News outlets report that Police Chief Gerald Smith says the man was pointing a gun and running toward an officer Thursday night when the officer shot him.
Police say the incident started when two officers tried to stop a vehicle that was running stop signs and red lights before it crashed into a parked car.
A man who was the sole occupant of the car that officers were pursuing exited “with a gun in hand and attempted to flee, coming toward the officers and pointed the weapon at an officer, and the officer discharged his weapon in fear of his life,” Smith said.
The wounded man was taken to a hospital with injuries that police said were not life-threatening.
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