The Dallas County sheriff is on paid administrative leave after shooting a man Wednesday afternoon.

The incident happened at 199 Willow Springs Road in Tunas near Highway 64.

The sheriff and two deputies went to a home looking for a burglary suspect and another man with a warrant.

When they arrived there was a group of people in the home. One man flashed a knife at the sheriff, and then locked himself in a room.

He then came out and allegedly lunged toward the sheriff in a threatening manner, so Sheriff Mike Rackley shot him.

The man is in critical condition in a Springfield hospital.

One of the men the deputies were looking for was arrested at the scene after he tried to run out the back door.

Tammy Womack was inside the trailer home at the time of the shooting.

Womack says the 24-year-old man who was shot was not wanted by the law or violent.

Womack says, "He had dropped the knife he didn't have a weapon in his hands that we could see when he came out."

Highway patrol investigations into officer involved shootings typically take 30 to 60 days.

Sheriff Rackley, the current incumbent for sheriff, could be taken off administrative leave during the November election.

No word yet if charges will be filed against the man who is in the hospital.