Thursday, May 28, 2015
WARREN
Randall E. Bryant, 45, is in critical condition at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital with one or more gunshot wounds from a Warren police officer after emerging from a house on Harrison Street Northeast carrying a shotgun.
The unidentified Warren officer Wednesday night “ordered [Bryant] to show him his hands and to drop the weapon,” police Chief Eric Merkel said Thursday during a press conference.
“The officer gave him another warning to drop the weapon. The officer then fired his service weapon at the suspect, striking him,” Merkel said. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation.
The officer was not identified Thursday. He was expected to be identified this morning, Merkel said, per department policy.
Bryant underwent surgery this morning at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, but Merkel said he didn’t know whether Bryant’s injuries were life-threatening, and he didn’t know where Bryant was shot or how many times. Bryant was taken into custody shortly after the shooting.
Read more about the incident in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.