Kentucky State Police: Deputy shot man who fired at him

CRITTENDEN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say they are investigating a shooting in which a northern Kentucky man was shot by a sheriff’s deputy after police say he fired at the deputy.

The man, 22-year-old Shane D. Propes of Crittenden, was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after the shooting around 8:30 p.m. EDT Monday. Police said he is in stable condition.

Police said the Grant County deputy, who hasn’t been identified, and a state trooper responded to a report of a suspicious person possibly carrying a gun and the deputy located the man, who began to run and started shooting at the deputy.

Police said the deputy returned fire, and the man was hit. The deputy wasn’t injured.

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