By RODNEY HART

Herald-Whig Staff Writer

PALMYRA, Mo. -- A man shot by a Quincy police officer last month had his Missouri probation revocation hearing continued Wednesday to next month.

Authorities said Quincy police officer Greg Liesen, a 20-year veteran, shot Joseph Redman in the shoulder in the early morning hours of April 6 after responding to a domestic incident at 527 N. Eighth.

Police Chief Rob Copley said Liesen was arresting Redman on outstanding warrants when Liesen "reacted to a threatening move and shot Mr. Redman with his handgun."

Redman was charged with aggravated assault. The charging document states Redman "knowingly raised a tire iron in his hand in a threatening manner at Greg Liesen, thereby placing Greg Liesen in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery."

Redman was treated for the wound at Blessing Hospital, then lodged in the Adams County Jail. On probation for a Marion County, Mo., drug conviction, Redman was then extradited to Missouri and is in the Marion County Jail.

Court records show that Redman, who lived in Palmyra, Mo., before moving to Quincy, was on probation for possession, manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.

He served one year of a 10-year drug sentence, court records show, before being placed on five years of probation last summer.

During Wednesday's brief hearing, Judge Robert Clayton discovered Redman did not have an attorney and had not filled out an application for a public defender.

"This probation violation report recommends your probation be revoked on your 10-year sentence," Clayton said.

Redman asked for a public defender. No specific court date was announced.

Redman, 29, was arrested in July 2005 in Marion County and sentenced the next year after pleading guilty to the drug charges. Court records show he was placed in a long-term Missouri Department of Corrections drug treatment program.

Adams County State's Attorney Jon Barnard previously said an Illinois State Police investigation cleared Liesen. The shooting took place inside the residence.

Barnard said he reviewed a report done by Illinois State Police investigators and determined Liesen's actions were lawful.

Copley said a four-officer Deadly Force Review Board will convene shortly and review the incident. One of the four officers has been out of town, delaying the start of the review.

QPD policy stipulates that the board meet any time an officer discharges a weapon, other than target practice, hunting and sporting events, ballistic examination, and incidents involving destroying an animal.

Copley said the board will make the following recommendations: Whether the shooting was within department policy, training and tactical considerations, quality of supervision, discipline considerations, post-shooting investigative process and quality, and the need for further proceedings.

Liesen, 52, was restored to full duty last week after several weeks on paid administrative duty.

-- rhart@whig.com/221-3370