MURRAY, Utah — Police arrested a man who had been shot by an officer during an encounter near Fashion Place Mall in Murray.
The situation was triggered when Murray police officers conducted a traffic stop on a car that displayed a stolen Indiana License Plate. When the officers tried to take the driver into custody, he rammed a police car and hit another parked car as he fled from the area, police reported.
At some point during the encounter, an officer fired a shot at the driver, although further details about what led up to the shooting were not made available.
Police say the man was later taken into custody in the Denver area and had sustained non-life-threatening injuries due to what occurred in Murray.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into the incident.
