Off-duty Fort Worth police officer shoots, wounds suspect

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Investigators say an off-duty North Texas police officer has shot a robbery suspect holding a box cutter.

Fort Worth police say the suspect was hospitalized in critical condition following the shooting early Thursday.

The Fort Worth officer and an off-duty Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy were working security when one heard a police call about a person robbed at a gas station.

Police Sgt. Marc Povero says the officers responded and saw a man holding what looked like a silver handgun. The officers yelled for the man to stop. The man refused to drop the silver object, pointed it toward the deputy and then the police officer fired.

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Investigators later determined the suspect had a box cutter.

The officer is on paid administrative leave during a review of the incident.