NEW CARLISLE, Ohio — A small Ohio news organization says one of its employees has been shot by a sheriff’s deputy who they say apparently mistook his camera for a weapon. 
 
 The New Carlisle News reports photographer Andy Grimm had left the office Monday night to take pictures of lightning when he saw a Clark County sheriff’s deputy performing a traffic stop in New Carlisle, north of Dayton. 
 
 Grimm tells the news organization that he decided to take pictures of the traffic stop. He says he got out of his Jeep and started setting up his tripod and camera when he was shot in the side. 
 
 Grimm was taken to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. He’s expected to recover. 
 
 Dale Grimm, the paper’s publisher and Andy’s father, told Fox 8 News that Andy is “terribly sore, but in good spirits.” 
 
 He expected his son to be released from the hospital on Tuesday. 
 
 Dale Grimm said his son is very worried that the deputy might lose his job over the incident. 
 
 “New Carlisle is a small town,” Dale Grimm said. “Everybody knows everybody and everybody looks out for everyone else.” 
 
 “I am humbled by the outpouring of love and affection from the community for Andy,” he said. 
 
 The case has been turned over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. 

 New Carlisle News photographer Andy Grimm was shot by a Clark County deputy Monday evening. 
 
 Andy had left the office around 10:00 p.m. to take pictures of lightning. 
 
 There was a traffic stop on Main Street near Studebaker’s Restaurant involved, but Andy was not the subject of the stop. 
 
 He had his camera and tripod in his hands and Deputy Jake Shaw apparently mistook it for a weapon and fired, striking Andy in the side. 
 
 He was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital for surgery. He is expected to recover from his wounds. 
 
 "I was going out to take pictures and I saw the traffic stop and I thought, 'hey, cool. I'll get some pictures here.'" He said he pulled into Studebaker's parking lot in full view of the deputy, got out of his Jeep in full view of the deputy and started setting up his tripod and camera. "I turned around toward the cars and then 'pop, pop,'" 
 
 Andy said the deputy gave him no warning. "I was just doing my job," he said. 
 
 The Attorney General’s BCI division is investigating the incident, and we will update this story as soon as they release their findings. 
 
 Andy is well known in the area for his love of photography. The outpouring of love and affection for him on Facebook has been overwhelming. 
 
 Everyone at the New Carlisle News thanks you for your support.
– State investigators in Ohio are looking into a police shooting that occurred under odd circumstances Monday night. A small-town news photographer in Ohio was shot when a deputy apparently mistook his camera equipment for a weapon, reports Fox 8. The photographer, Andy Grimm, got hit in his side but is expected to make a full recovery after surgery. Grimm works for the New Carlisle News, which reports that he'd gone out to take photos of lightning about 10pm when he encountered a deputy making a traffic stop. Grimm pulled over and tells the newspaper that the deputy shot him without warning as he held his camera and tripod in his hands. "I know Jake. I like Jake. I don't want him to lose his job over this," Grimm says of the deputy, identified as Jake Shaw. If that may not sound like the typical sentiment after a police shooting, Grimm's father, who happens to be publisher of the New Carlisle newspaper, elaborates: “New Carlisle is a small town,” says Dale Grimm. “Everybody knows everybody and everybody looks out for everyone else.”