Police shot a man in Gardenia Village on Sunday night at 7:15. A call came in from a family member saying that 38 year old Wilford Dawson was behaving in a disorderly fashion in front of the village store.
When police responded, they said they tried to calm down Dawson, but they claim he picked up a piece of 2 x 4 and charged at the Police. That's when they shot him to his foot.
The officer commanding Eastern Division told us more today:
ACP Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division
"Police responded to reports of a male person behaving disorderly at Gardenia Village. Police responded and whereupon their arrival they saw a male person behaving disorderly. Police attempted to detain him at which time he attacked one of the officers with a piece of board. The officer drew his service weapon and fired at the male person and shot him to the foot. The person was taken to the KHMH for treatment. Thereafter, he was released and that person has since been arrested and charged for the crime of aggravated assault."
"A criminal investigation is being carried out and also an internal investigation by PSB and by the end of that investigation it will be determine whether justifiable force was use."
Police will be reviewing body camera footage in their internal investigation.
