The officer stopped to contact the suspect when the suspect turned towards the officer with what appeared to be a gun in his hand. The suspect refused to comply with the officer’s commands to drop the gun and continued to advance on the officer. The suspect then attempted to move behind cover and began to point the gun at the officer. The officer, fearing for his safety, fired his weapon striking the suspect at least one time in the upper torso. The suspect was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A replica handgun was recovered at the scene and placed into evidence.