HOMESTEAD (CBS4) – A Homestead man who was shot by a police officer after he allegedly tried to run him over with a truck is listed as stable at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

According to Miami-Dade police spokesman Det. Javier Baez the incident began when a Ford F-150 pick up truck was stolen from a Publix parking lot.   When its owner realized his truck was gone he called police who saturated the area with officers.  One of them spotted the stolen truck area of SW 277th Terrace and 132nd Avenue.   When Officer Anthony Green approached the vehicle, the man behind the wheel, Cola James Johnson III, allegedly hit the gas and steered toward the cop.

Taking defensive action, police said Green fired on Johnson; no word on how many times he was hit.

Johnson was man was airlifted to Homestead Hospital and then transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Green, an 18 year veteran with Homestead Police, was not hurt in the incident.