Austin police shoot man reportedly waving rifle on highway

Police said the man's injuries were not life-threatening and the officer who shot him was put on administrative duty.

Austin police shot a man who was waiving a rifle on a highway Friday, the Austin Police Department said. The man is in stable, but serious condition. His injury is not believed to be life-threatening.

Police were on their way to the scene of a two-car crash on U.S. Highway 183 a little after 10:30 p.m. Friday when they received a call that a man was bleeding from his face, Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said during a news conference Saturday about the incident.

Within moments of that call, 911 received several calls about a shirtless man waving a black rifle while walking around the intersection where the crash was, Chacon said.

Other calls came in minutes later that the man was pointing the weapon at people and was firing it into the air.