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Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon, according to Alachua County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Art Forgey.

ASO spokesman Lt. Steve Maynard said Adu-Brempong is under custody of the Alachua County Department of Jail.

Adu-Brempong's location was not confirmed by Maynard, but anonymous sources maintain he was taken to Shands at UF.

Criminal charges are not expected for the five University Police Department officers who were involved in the incident, said Spencer Mann of the state attorney's office.

The officers included Keith Smith, William Sasser, James Mabry, Stacy Ettel and William Ledger.

"I know of no reason why they would press charges against the officers," Mann said.

The state attorney is still determining how to handle the six charges against Adu-Brempong, he said.

Adu-Brempong, a UF Ph.D. student and geography teacher's assistant, was shot by UPD with an assault rifle Tuesday night at his apartment across from the Levin College of Law.

According to UPD Capt. Jeff Holcomb, the 35-year-old student was shot after an hour-and-a-half standoff with UPD officers.

A representative from Shands at UF reported having no record of a patient by the name Adu-Brempong, where police said he was taken.

According to an anonymous source, Adu-Brempong checked into the hospital under a fake name. But Shands' nursing coordinator Doug Wallace said he was "under command" not to comment on a possible false identity.

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