Dayton police officer shoots local newsman in the face

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>A small Ohio news organization said one of its photographers was in excess of a dozen times by a sheriff's deputy Monday night while he set up to take pictures of a traffic stop.

>Andy Grimm "had his camera in his hand" when he was shot in his side by a Clark County sheriff's deputy in New Carlisle, which north of Dayton, The New Carlisle News said in a Facebook post.

>"I was going out to take pictures and I saw the traffic stop and I thought, 'Hey, cool. I'll get some pictures here.'" he told the newspaper. He said he pulled into a parking lot in full view of the deputy, got out of his Jeep and started setting up his tripod and camera. "I turned around toward the cars and then 'pop, pop." "I was just doing my job," he said. "I know Jake. I like Jake. I don't want him to lose his job over this."

>The Dayton Police department had refused all questions regarding the matter.