EAST MOLINE, Ill — UPDATE, 8 p.m.: The Rock Island County Integrity Task Force and Rock Island County State's Attorney Dora Villarreal are reviewing in-car and body camera video of the incident, according to a press release from the task force.
Once the task force's investigation is complete, the State's Attorney will decide if the East Moline officers' actions were lawful. Gault said East Moline officers will not be participating in this investigation.
East Moline Police Chief Jeff Ramsey is handling the internal investigation. He asked the task force to respond immediately after the incident.
The man's firearm was found at the scene, according to the press release.
The two officers involved have been placed on administrative leave, which Chief Ramsey said is common protocol during this type of investigation, according to a press release from the East Moline Police Department.
If anyone has additional information about the incident, they're asked to call the task force at (309) 753-4915, extension 4935.
ORIGINAL STORY: A man was shot and critically wounded by East Moline police during a confrontation Friday afternoon, officials say.
According to Moline Police Chief Darren Gault, who serves as Public Information Officer for the Rock Island County Integrity Task Force, East Moline police received a call from the Hometown Harbor apartment complex in the 1000 block of 49th Avenue Ct. at 2:17 p.m.
According to Gault, an employee of the complex reported a resident had fired their handgun. The caller said the man walked down 49th Avenue to the backside of the apartment complex. Two East Moline police officers responded to the scene at 2:24 p.m.
Gault said a confrontation occurred, during which one or more of the officers discharged their weapons and shot the man.
The man, who was identified as being 80 years old, was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
East Moline Police Chief Jeff Ramsey will give a media update at a later time.
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