Suspect Hit in Face During Police Shooting

Staff and Wire Reports

MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma -- A police officer shot a man in a car parked at a Midwest City apartment as police closed in on the vehicle to make an arrest.

Police Chief Brandon Clabes said 27-year-old Corey Lee Moore was sitting in the passenger seat Thursday when an officer shot him through the car's window. The man was taken to a hospital to be treated for a wound to his right cheek. The wound was not life threatening.

Clabes said the officer reported that Moore appeared to have a weapon but it has not been determined if the man was armed.

Moore was arrested on drug complaints. Clabes said he was a suspect in a nine-month investigation.

The officer, whose name has not been released, was taken off field duty pending an investigation as is standard.

There are also arrest warrants on twelve additional suspects all stemming from the nine-month investigation.