Police ID Officers in Henderson Shooting - 8 News NOW

Police ID Officers in Henderson Shooting

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HENDERSON, Nev. -- Henderson Police have released the names of the officers involved with a shooting that left a suspect critically injured.

Sgt. Todd Wellman, employed with Henderson Police since 1990, Officer Ritch Melchert, employed with Henderson Police since 1997, and Officer Wavie Reed, employed with Henderson Police since 2000, were all involved with the incident that happened Wednesday afternoon inside an Albertsons grocery store near Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway.

The officers are all assigned to the SWAT unit and are currently on routine paid administrative leave.

They shot 36-year-old Jake Goldsborough after he pointed what they thought was a gun, but it turned out to be a pellet gun painted to look like a semi-automatic weapon. He is in critical condition at Sunrise Hospital.

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