OMAHA — A routine investigation of a purse theft from a church turned violent and bloody inside a downtown Omaha hotel on Wednesday.

A struggle broke out at the door of a room on the fourth floor of the Courtyard Marriott as two deputies confronted a man a little after 10 a.m.

Speaking to reporters later, Sheriff Tim Dunning said the man picked up a vase in the room and struck one of the deputies. The deputy drew his handgun and fired twice, Dunning said, striking the man in the chest and a leg.

The man, whom Dunning tentatively identified as 32-year-old Jason Galle of Omaha, was taken by ambulance to an Omaha hospital. Galle’s injuries were not believed to be life threatening.

A pregnant woman who was in the room during the struggle was not injured, but Dunning said she was taken to a hospital because she was experiencing some discomfort.

The deputy, identified as Mike Smith, was also taken for treatment.

“He got a pretty good laceration on the back of his head,” Dunning said.

The other deputy was identified as Brenda Wheeler.

A trail of credit card purchases led deputies to the hotel, Dunning said.

The cards came from a purse that had been stolen at St. Wenceslaus Catholic church in west Omaha.

Authorities believe two other suspects were at the hotel but fled. Investigators were still on the scene, the sheriff said.

“This was just a routine follow-up investigation that turned into a shooting,” Dunning said.