ISP investigating officer-involved shooting in Michigan City

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Indiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Michigan City that caused a cop to fire his weapon at a 19-year-old.

It happened at 5:53 Wednesday evening. Police say two officers pulled over a car with four people inside for a traffic violation.

Daniel Sherrod Jr., 20, fled the vehicle and ran into an unlocked apartment while an officer chased after him.

Officials say the two got into a struggle. The commotion continued outside of the apartment and Sherrod tried to take the officer's gun, that's when the officer shot Sherrod in his stomach.

Sherrod ran about a quarter of a mile where officers found him in a friend's apartment.

Sherrod was taken to a Michigan City hospital and later airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, however we did receive word from the nurse supervisor that Sherrod is no longer a patient at Memorial.

Police say both officers were in a marked car and in uniform. At this time they are not releasing the name of the officer involved due to the shooting being under investigation. 

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