Police: 2 officers wounded in accidental shooting at party
Source: Associated Press
Updated 3:53 pm CST, Monday, December 17, 2018
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) Eleven police officers in a suburb of Washington, D.C., have been suspended after two off-duty officers were wounded in what police believe to be an accidental shooting at a holiday party.
The Prince George's County Police Department said in a statement Monday that both officers were treated at hospitals and released early Sunday.
The statement says the department's internal affairs division is investigating the shooting, which occurred Saturday evening at a home in Prince George's County.
Investigators believe a single shot from a privately owned handgun wounded an officer in the hand and then ricocheted before injuring a second officer.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Police-2-officers-wounded-in-accidental-shooting-13472371.php
keopeli
(3,524 posts)What is an "accidental shooting?"
I'm sorry, I know I had the handgun out at a party and it was loaded and the safety was off and there were police officers everywhere, but I swear I never meant for the gun to actually fire a real bullet that might injure someone. You know, accidents happen.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)negligent shootings by everyone except the press.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)ROB-ROX
(767 posts)The cops in this story are VERY incompetent and they should be fired to save the public. I think to many mistakes have occurred because stupid cops are NOT fired when it is discovered they are STUPID. Only when the dumb ones are taken out of the herd will the public be served.......
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)The cops all had matching statements: "I like beer."
According to the article, further investigation will discover whether alcohol was a factor. Duh.