MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.
(AP) - A northwestern Indiana man has been shot following a confrontation
with two off-duty police officers outside a hospital in Michigan City.
Indiana state
police report Sunday that the officers were in uniform and working security
Saturday afternoon at Franciscan Health when asked to check on a man in the
facility’s parking lot who refused requests by his relatives to seek medical
assistance.
State police say
46-year-old Thomas Walsh III of Michigan City pointed a handgun at one of
the officers. The second officer shot Walsh several times.
Walsh was listed in
critical condition at a hospital in South Bend.
Michigan City
Police Chief Mark Swistek has asked the state police to investigate the
shooting. The names of the officers were not released.