THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL HAS CONFIRMED THURSDAY NIGHT’S INCIDENT AT THE AUTUMN PARK APARTMENTS IN SOUTH SIOUX CITY WAS AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT INVOLVED A CITY POLICE OFFICER.
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A POSSIBLE OVERDOSE AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT 320 EAST 12TH AROUND 7:50 P.M.
PARAMEDICS ALREADY AT THE SCENE WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE AFTER A MAN BRANDISHED A FIREARM.
OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM AND THE MAN FIRED AT OFFICERS IN THE HALLWAY OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING.
AN OFFICER RETURNED FIRE, STRIKING 61-YEAR-OLD RICHARD GERMEK OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY.
GERMEK WAS TAKEN TO MERCYONE WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DAKOTA COUNTY JAIL BUT IS NOW HOSPITALIZED AGAIN FOR A MEDICAL CONDITION UNRELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT AND CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST GERMEK
