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UPDATE: 11:30 p.m.: According to the WENY News reporter still on the scene, while the police presence has quieted down, there are still a lot of officers in the area on foot. Still no word as to the condition of the injured Investigator. 

UPDATE 9:40 P.M.: New York State Police have investigated the situation actively. A WENY News reporter on the scene saw authorities with the Schuyler Co. Sheriff's Office and Corning Police Dept.

UPDATE 9:30 P.M.: A WENY reporter on the scene says cars were allowed to leave the Lowes parking lot but authorities were seen inspecting all cars with a flashlight. Police have a helicopter and drone in the air. 

BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WENY) -- On Friday night, around 7 pm, an investigator with the Chemung County Sheriff's Office was hit by a vehicle near the Target in Big Flats 

Chemung County Sheriff Bill Schrom told WENY News "Our guys were working on a retail theft detail with the New York State Police and one of our investigators was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle."

Schrom also told WENY News they're still looking for the person in the area of Arnot Mall. 

"There's a lot of units up there looking for the person that was operating the vehicle and our guys being airlifted down to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre," says Sheriff Schrom. 

This is a developing story.