CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say a deputy shot and wounded a man in Custer who refused to drop a gun and pointed it at the officer.
Custer County Sheriff Marty Mechaley said in a release that the shooting happened after a woman called 911 Sunday evening and requested help at her home. The call was disconnected before she could give further explanation, the release said.
A man inside the house was holding a firearm and refused to drop it after the deputy and woman told him to do so, the Rapid City Journal reported. The man raised and pointed the firearm at the deputy before the officer shot him, according to Mechaley and Tim Bormann, spokesman for the state attorney general’s office.
Deputies began providing medical aid until an ambulance arrived to take the man to a hospital. His injuries appear to be non-life threatening, Bormann said.
The deputy is on administrative leave pursuant to the sheriff’s office policy.
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