PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities have identified the man shot?last week outside a Florida Panhandle bar by a police officer.
Pensacola Police Chief Chip Simmons says 25-year-old Robert?Jason Donson was shot in the stomach after a scuffle Friday?afternoon by 31-year-old Officer Shawn Thompson.
Donson was hospitalized. Police did not release his condition.?Simmons said Thompson was on duty and accompanied by other?officers. He also said a handgun was recovered at the scene.
Simmons declined further comment to the Pensacola News Journal, pending an investigation by the?Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Thompson is on paid administrative leave, which is standard?procedure for any officer-involved shooting.?Escambia County court records show that Donson has several?felony convictions dating back to 2005.
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Information from: Pensacola News Journal,?http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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