Authorities say a man reportedly armed with a handgun was shot and injured after he charged police officers in a Frogtown apartment hallway early Saturday morning.

At about 12:18 am. St. Paul police officers responded to reports of a sexual assault in progress by an armed man in the 400 block of Thomas Avenue West. The 911 caller said a man armed with a handgun was physically and sexually assaulting a woman and he could hear the woman screaming, according to a St. Paul Police Department release.

When officers arrived they saw a man trying to exit the building through a back window and then go back inside.

Two officers at the apartment door managed to get the woman out of the apartment safely. When officers told the man to leave, he charged, according to the release.

Shots were fired by one officer and the man suffered a gunshot wound to his arm. He was taken to Regions Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The woman was not injured in the shooting.

As per protocol in officer-involved shootings, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will investigate the incident. The officers involved were wearing activated body cameras and the BCA will review the video and other evidence as part of its investigation. The officers will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in an officer-involved shooting.

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