Police in Ohio said officers received a report of an armed robbery involving multiple suspects.
When they arrived on the scene, they said the victim told them that a group of people approached him and demanded money.
The armed robbery victim said that one of them had a gun.
Police said the officers saw three males matching the descriptions of the suspects and tried to speak with them, when two of the suspects fled on foot.
In a statement today, a spokesman said: 'Officers followed the males to the alley and attempted to take them into custody when one suspect pulled a gun from his waistband.
'One officer shot and struck the suspect multiple times.'