Vermont State Police are investigating after a Ludlow police officer shot and injured a man early Thursday morning at a Main Street inn.
The shooting occurred at about 6:15 a.m. at the Fox Run Inn in the Windsor County town. The man who was shot was transported to a hospital, and is in stable condition, police say.
No law enforcement officers were injured, police said.
State police have released few details about what led up to the shooting, saying the investigation remains in its early stages.
The case is being handled by detectives from the Vermont State Police Major Crime Unit and Bureau of Criminal Investigations, with assistance from uniformed troopers from the Field Force Division, the Crime Scene Search Team and the Victim Services Unit.
In accordance with standard protocol, state police said the name of the officer involved will be withheld for at least 24 hours. Once the investigation is complete, the case will be forwarded to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the Windsor County State’s Attorney’s Office for independent reviews of the legal justification for the use of force.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators is asked to contact the Vermont State Police barracks in Westminster at 802-722-4600 or submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.