(Council Bluffs) An Omaha man suffered a gunshot wound in an Officer-involved shooting in front of a Council Bluffs gas station.
The Council Bluffs Police Department says the incident happened at around 8:00 a.m. at Bucky’s Gas Station at 3434 Nebraska Avenue.
An employee informed an arriving Police Officer that a male stole a gas can from the store. The suspect pulled a gun and fired at the approaching Officer. The Policeman returned fire striking the man identified as 34-year old Jimmy J. Carr of Omaha in the left hip. Authorities arrested Carr without incident.
Carr was taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Council Bluffs Police Department are handling the investigation. The Officer’s name has not yet been released.
