A man is in “stable” condition, according to Louisville Metro Police, after an officer with the department shot him Thursday afternoon. LMPD spokeswoman Beth Ruoff said police initially responded to reports of an adult man hitting a female in the face and stealing her “property” in the 1400 block of Paul Avenue, which is in the Taylor Berry neighborhood near Churchill Downs. When an officer “observed the man matching the description” provided by MetroSafe running on Clara Avenue, that officer pursued, Ruoff said. Ruoff said the man “rolled onto the ground” and pointed a handgun “directly at the officer,” and the officer responded by shooting the man. A MetroSafe supervisor said the shooting was initially reported at 3:53 p.m. Ruoff said police “applied life saving measures” for the the man before he was taken to University of Louisville Hospital. She described the man as white and approximately 40 years old. Ruoff declined to say what specifically was stolen from the woman or where the man was shot.