Three of the four suspects arrested Wednesday during a theft investigation capped by an officer-involved shooting have had bond set at $500,000 apiece. The fourth suspect remains in the hospital being treated for a bullet wound.

Dana McCoy, Eldrid Dightman and Daniel Luichinger had bond set Friday. Jason Galle is the man in the hospital.

The incident happened at the downtown Courtyard Marriott at 10th and Dodge. Deputies were investigating the use of a stolen credit card at the hotel.

Galle, armed with a handgun, was involved in a struggle with Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Smith. Authorities say Galle struck Smith in the head with a vase and Smith shot him.

McCoy was with Galle in a fourth floor room. Dightman and Luichinger were in a room on another floor.

McCoy, Dightman and Luichinger are facing drug possession and stolen property charges.

Deputy Smith was treated and released from the hospital. He is on administrative leave pending an investigation. Deputy Brenda Wheeler, who was with Smith, is also on administrative leave.

Authorities believe that the suspects were involved in an identity theft operation. The credit card that led deputies to the hotel was stolen from a car in the parking lot of St. Wenceslaus Church at 153rd and Pacific.

A man who tells us that he knows Eldrid Dightman says he is not surprised about news of his arrest and he says we're all vulnerable to identity theft.

He wants to be identified only as Carlos and he says information thieves can move quickly.

"They can go from having your information to having a driver's license with your name, checks and everything in under 24 hours."

Carlos says the four people arrested Wednesday represent only a part of an identity theft operation.

"They got these four but there's a bunch more of 'em out there," he said. "At least four more people I know of."

Carlos says Dightman went down the wrong path and, "made some of the worst mistakes I've ever seen. And he's definitely paying for it now."

In one scheme Carlos says he heard about, the thieves used a construction company's logo to doctor payroll checks.

"They had the actual check paper with the stamps and seals on it. It worked. I mean they'd walk into Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Radio Shack, Dillards, any store you can think of."

Carlos says it's as easy as going through people's mailboxes. And he says shredding your personal information is not a foolproof safeguard.

"They have all the patience in the world," he says. "You shred it, they'll sit there and tape it back together."