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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 03:12 AM Dec 2014

Man accidentally shot with officer's stray bullet in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A police officer’s gun accidentally went off as he crept through a broken window during an Albuquerque burglary investigation, wounding a man in an apartment below, officials said Monday.

Police emphasized the shooting was accidental, but it occurred in an agency under intense scrutiny for a series of shootings over the past several years.

The latest incident happened early Sunday while police were investigating a break-in at a second-floor apartment, Albuquerque Police spokesman Simon Drobik said.

The officer involved was climbing through one of the unit’s windows when his gun accidentally went off, though authorities wouldn’t say why.

Read more: http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2014-12-15/man-accidentally-shot-officers-stray-bullet-albuquerque#.VI_aRnvy2V4

[font color=green]What? I thought it was the burglar that crept through the window, not the cop.[/font]

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Man accidentally shot with officer's stray bullet in Albuquerque (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2014 OP
authorities wouldn’t say why... pipoman Dec 2014 #1
New reason why, it was just an accident. 7wo7rees Dec 2014 #2
 

pipoman

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1. authorities wouldn’t say why...
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 07:08 AM
Dec 2014

Well, because he had his finger on the bang button when he shouldn't have. ...negligent discharge not accidental...

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