This is about an hour from where I grew up. Store has just been opened a few months

http://www.wbko.com/home/headl...Green-285732961.html

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -- KSP said BGPD was called to a shoplifting call just before 8 PM. Police said a man was trying to steal an AR-15.

Cabela's told KSP that Elliott Cummings, 33, of Naiperville, IL took the rifle from a shelf and put it inside his pants. After Cummings went to the restroom, police said he left the store with the gun still in his pants.

A witness on the scene said they saw a man running in the parking lot. Shortly after they heard a voice yell "Stop!"

Police said the suspect then reached for his waistband.

Then a BGPD Officer Clifton Phelps pulled a gun and fired. At least one shot hit the Cummings. After being hit he fell to the ground.

Cummings was air lifted to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, where he's being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Officer Phelps has been placed on administrative leave. That's according to BGPD policy

I realize it's department policy, but they should give him a marksmanship medal and put him back on the job.

Really! Shooting an armed, fleeing suspect gets you put on administrative leave. It's a wonder police officers even bother to show up at a crime scene.

After they shot him, and recovered the stolen weapon, they should have stood on the wound to stem the bleeding, while writing him a citation. Then stuck the citation in the entrance wound, gone back inside and gone back to work. Let him find his own ride to Skyline Medical Center.

What a piece of trash!

I'm inclined to support law enforcement regardless of the circumstances. They've got a tough job, just like the military. I would rather support them than take their place. They don't get paid near enough to put up with all the shit they have to endure.

Administrative leave is SOP for any police officer involved in a shooting. It is not discipline but basically paid time off while the officer and the department sort through the facts/circumstances involved.

Kensco,

That's rather harsh! But I like it.

and will we see Sharpton and Jackson investigating / supporting these victims' families.......yeah, right.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/...icers-shot/20698679/

At least Sharpton commented. Jackson?.....nothing.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/21/...index.html?hpt=hp_t1

If the suspect was white Al will make an announcement about rednecks and LEO's racistly excluding blacks from the process...