DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck held a press conference Wednesday to give an update on an officer involved shooting that happened over the weekend.
Streck said that Deputy Jennifer Smiley, a 19 year veteran, was hospitalized after the incident Sunday.
During the press conference, Streck explained that Smiley responded to a call at Possum Creek Metropark because she was closer than the rangers.
On the scene, a man approached her from the woods who was wet and holding a clear gallon jug of undetermined liquid that is believed to be gasoline.
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The man was mumbling incoherently throughout the incident. On multiple occasions he asked Smiley to shoot him.
After asking him to stop over 30 times, the man lunged at Smiley and she fired her gun into his abdomen.
He is not in police custody and is in the hospital recovering.
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