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AFTER BEING SHOT. >> HE SAYS HE IS NOT DOING VERY WELL. I DON’T KNOW PROBABLY NOT , CRITICAL PROBABLY STABLE CONDITION. MARCUS: THIS IS PATRICK BAUER’S YOUNGER BROTHER AUGUST HE SAYS PATRICK IS RECOVERING AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES AFTER WHAT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 300 BLOCK OF NW 3RD STREET IN LEON IN FRONT OF THE HOME WHERE PATRICK WAS LIVING. PATRICK BAUER WAS STOPPED BY OFFICER JOHN THOMAS, DCI SPECIAL AGENT ADAM DECAMP EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> SOMEWHERE IN THIS TRAFFIC STOP THERE WAS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND OFFICER WHERE AN ASSUALT TOOK PLACE AND THE OFFICER FELT IT NECESSARY AT THAT TIME TO FIRE HIS WEAPON. MARCUS: AUGUST BAUER SAYS HIS BROTHER PATRICK ADMITTED SPRAYING MACE ON OFFICER THOMAS. >> WHY, WHY DO THAT? YOU JUST YOU ARE ASKING FOR TROUBLE WHEN YOU DO THAT. MARCUS: HE QUESTIONS WHY HIS BROTHER WOULD TAKE THAT ACTION . HE DOES NOT QUESTION THE RESPONSE FROM OFFICER THOMAS. >> THAT CONSTITUTES AN OFFICER USING FORCE IN THAT SITUATION IF I AM A POLICE OFFICER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME. THE TRAINING MAKES YOU DO THAT. MARCUS: WITH THAT SAID AUGUST BAUER DOES QUESTION WHAT HE CALLS AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF SH

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The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released new information after a man was shot by a police officer early Sunday morning in Leon.According to DPS officials, on Sunday at 3:08 a.m., Leon police Officer John Thomas stopped a vehicle driven by 55-year-old Patrick Bauer, of Marshfield, Missouri.DPS officials said, "During the stop, Mr. Bauer approached Officer Thomas, who was seated in his marked police vehicle. Mr. Bauer sprayed Officer Thomas with a chemical agent, which is commonly referred to as 'mace'. "After being sprayed, Officer Thomas fired multiple rounds from his handgun, striking Mr. Bauer.""We heard what sounded like a gunshot, and about five minutes later, (or) what seemed like five minutes, we heard a couple more. We didn't know what, what was going on. I thought it was just fireworks," said Vicci Hutchinson, who lives near the scene of the shooting.Law enforcement and emergency medical responders provided medical attention to Thomas and Bauer. Thomas was released from the scene. Bauer was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital, where his condition is currently unknown.August Bauer said his brother admitted spraying the chemical spray on Thomas.“Why?” August Bauer said. “Why do that? You just, you are asking for trouble when you do that.”He said he does not question Thomas’ response to his brother’s actions.“That constitutes an officer using force in that situation,” he said. “If I (were) a police officer, I probably would have done the same. The training makes you do that.”August Bauer said he does question the number of shots fired in his brother’s direction.“Does it constitute shooting six to seven times? Not in my book,” he said. “Two or three (shots)? Yes.”Thomas is on paid administrative leave during the investigation.Agents with the Division of Criminal Investigation will continue to gather the facts surrounding the shooting.The findings will be forwarded to the Decatur County Attorney's Office.Check back with KCCI for more updates on this story.