CHARLESTOWN, Ind. — A man has been injured after he was shot by police at a nature reserve in Clark County, Indiana.
According to Indiana State Police, The Charlestown Police Department was called for a welfare check on a man around 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Around 5 p.m., officers located the man’s car at the Nine Penny Branch Nature Preserve in Charlestown and was given information the man was possibly armed.
Officers from multiple agencies assisted and they were able to locate the individual on one of the trails. They did find the male subject, a 48-year-old from Memphis, Indiana, armed with a gun. Police said he was "engaged in a volatile argument with family members."
During the altercation, officers said Maj. Brion Gilbert, a commander with the Charlestown Police Department, used lethal force to "gain control of the situation and preserve the lives of others present."
Sgt. Stephen Wheeles with ISP said the officer fired at least one shot, and the suspect was hit in the abdomen.
He was taken to UofL Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police have not revealed the man’s identity and they said specific charges are still being worked out.
Gilbert has been placed on routine administrative leave, for an undetermined amount of time at this point in the investigation.
ISP is conducting a full investigation of the incident.
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