Witnesses: Police shoot man downtown

Witnesses say a man was shot by police officers at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday outside the downtown Bloomington Transit terminal.

A spokesman for the Bloomington Police Department declined comment late Wednesday afternoon.

David Britton, an employee at Rhino’s Youth Center, was walking north on Washington Street toward Kirkwood Avenue when he saw a man running near the corner of the BT terminal. He was being pursued by two police officers who yelled at the man twice for him to stop, Britton said.

When the man did not stop running, Britton heard two shots fired. The man then fell to the ground and Britton said police officers proceeded to take his arm behind his back as if they were cuffing him.

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