Johnstown man charged after being shot by police throughout tried gaming machine theft

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – (WJAC) Pennsylvania State Police stated they recognized and charged the person shot by a Johnstown Police officer early Saturday morning.

They say Christopher John Lehman, 32, of Johnstown was trying to interrupt right into a expertise gaming machine on Broad Street within the Cambria City part of Johnstown when Johnstown officers arrived simply earlier than 4 a.m. They say Lehman was utilizing a screwdriver and grinding instrument to open a machine that contained greater than $8,000.

Police stated an officer used a taser system to aim to take Lehman into custody, but it surely did not cease him, and he ran out the door of the enterprise. That’s after they chased him and he pulled a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun. An officer opened fireplace, hitting Lehman. No officers have been injured.

Police stated Lehman was charged with three felonies in addition to a number of misdemeanors at a Cambria County Justice of the Peace, regardless of him nonetheless recovering at Conemaugh Medical Center. Two of the costs posted in on-line court docket data embody him being a convicted prison to not possess a firearm. The Pennsylvania court docket system reveals an intensive prison report relationship again to 2017.

State Police stated they’ve video surveillance from the enterprise, close by properties and the officers’ physique cameras that present him trying to open the gaming machine, resisting arrest and possessing the firearm.