Police: Officer shoots armed man through window of home

A Colorado police officer is on administrative leave after shooting an armed man in the buttocks through the window of the man’s house, according to the Aurora Police Department.

Police went on the night of Oct. 10 to a home to talk with a suspect in an aggravated physical assault case, according to Aurora police and a probable cause affidavit obtained by CNN affiliate KDVR.

When the officers arrived, they say they encountered Andrew Huff, 22, standing next to a truck outside. As officers in uniform approached the house, Huff fled indoors. He then looked out a window of a well-lit room as a responding officer waved at him, police said.

“The officer was certain Mr. Huff saw her and recognized her as a Police Officer,” police said in a statement.

Huff allegedly disappeared from the officer’s view, then reappeared at the window with a shotgun, police said. Officer Alexander Ord shot at Huff, striking him in the buttocks, the affidavit states. Huff did not fire the shotgun and no officers were injured, the affidavit says.

On the way to the hospital, “Huff made several spontaneous utterances to include saying he just saw people (approaching the house), didn’t know who they were and got shot,” according to the affidavit.

Huff maintains the officers did not identify themselves before firing into his home, his attorney, Birk Baumgartner, told CNN.

“Huff saw someone sneaking through his yard, so he locked the door, retrieved his shotgun, and as he was looking out the window, he saw somebody move in front of the window,” Baumgartner said. “He turned to grab his phone to call police and was shot in the back.”

The shooting comes days after a Fort Worth police officer was charged with murder for shooting a reportedly armed 28- year- old woman in her home.