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Chicago, IL — 21-year-old Charles Thomas was shot once following a confrontation with University of Chicago Police Department officers.

The shooting took place after university officers received a report of a burglary in progress in an alley between South Kimbark Avenue and South Woodlawn Avenue near 53rd Street. Thomas was allegedly using a “long metal bar” to break car and apartment windows in the area

The footage shows an officer arriving on the scene describing Thomas as “a mental” while yelling can be heard in the background.

Thomas then appears to begin running toward the officer wearing the body camera. The officer, backtracking, yells “Don’t come at me” twice before firing a single shot at Thomas, who falls to the ground screaming and shouting more expletives. Two other officers then rush to Thomas, roll him over and place him in handcuffs.

The bullet struck Thomas in the upper left shoulder, according to the CPD. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, but survived. CPD officers were also on the scene and that department is handling the investigation.

Thomas has been charged with one felony count of aggravated assault along with two felony and two misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property.