Man Shot By State Police In Ballston Lake Standoff

A standoff Saturday night into Sunday in Ballston Lake ended up with a man being shot by State Police. WNYT reports troopers responded to a Ballston Lake home around 7 p.m. Saturday after a report of a man firing a shotgun in a field close to a home. Just before 7 a.m. Sunday, the 27-year-old man came out of his home with the shotgun, ignoring orders to put the weapon down. That’s when a member of the special response team fired a single shot, hitting the man in the upper body. He’s under guard at the hospital.