LANSING ILLINOIS - A police officer was wounded and a feral White Trash shoplifter was killed in a shooting outside Ultra grocery store near 160th and Torrence

The incident is being investigated by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force

A police officer was wounded and a suspected shoplifter was killed in a shooting outside a south suburban Lansing strip mall Thursday afternoon.

The Lake County Coroner has identified the man killed in the incident as Warren Christian, 43, of East Chicago, Ind. His death was ruled a homicide.

Witnesses said the shootout took place after a man tried to steal meat from an Ultra grocery store near 160th and Torrence. Employees called police, and when officers tried to take the man into custody, police said the man grabbed an officer's gun.

"During the struggle the suspect shot the officer in the lower leg and continued to flee," said Fabian Newman, a spokesperson for the Village of Lansing.

A short chase covered several hundred yards before another police officer shot the suspect.

"Inside the store they told us to go back and don't get near the windows," said Sarah Gonzalez, who was inside a Carson's, not far from where the shooting occurred. "I'm not coming back again, that's for sure."

Investigators are looking at shell casings and likely surveillance video from several stores in this shopping mall.

"We're examining any evidence that we can find," Lansing Police Chief Dennis Murrian Jr. said.

The officer, who appeared to be down on one knee in cellphone video shot by a witness, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Christian died at an area hospital.

The incident is being investigated by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task Force.

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UPDATE:

A suspected shoplifter was fatally wounded Thursday afternoon after shooting a Lansing police officer at an open-air shopping center in the south suburb, authorities said.

The Lake County (Ind.) coroner's office identified the dead man as Warren Christian, 43, of the 500 block of West 144th Street in East Chicago, Ind.

Lansing police Chief Dennis Murrin said the suspect grappled with the original responding officer at Ultra Foods in the 16800 block of Torrence Avenue before running north past a series of storefronts.

Murrin said the suspect shot the officer, who suffered a non-life-threatening wound. Lansing police spokesman Fabian Newman's said in an earlier statement that the officer was shot in the leg.