Post by Critique on Mar 2, 2007 0:47:05 GMT -5
03/01/2007
A police officer accidentally shot another officer in the foot while unloading a rifle at a firing range run by the Fayetteville Police Department, but officials said the injury wasn't serious.
Sgt. Andrew Smith of the Chapel Hill Police Department was wounded. Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said Thursday a preliminary investigation showed Sgt. Donald Rhoads was unloading a rifle when it discharged.
Officers from the Chapel Hill Police Department's emergency response team were training Wednesday at the Fayetteville when the accident happened about 4 p.m.
Cousins said Smith was being treated at UNC Hospitals, but the injury wasn't life threatening. Rhoads was on administrative leave.
Officials said 15 officers were training at the time.
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A police officer accidentally shot another officer in the foot while unloading a rifle at a firing range run by the Fayetteville Police Department, but officials said the injury wasn't serious.
Sgt. Andrew Smith of the Chapel Hill Police Department was wounded. Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said Thursday a preliminary investigation showed Sgt. Donald Rhoads was unloading a rifle when it discharged.
Officers from the Chapel Hill Police Department's emergency response team were training Wednesday at the Fayetteville when the accident happened about 4 p.m.
Cousins said Smith was being treated at UNC Hospitals, but the injury wasn't life threatening. Rhoads was on administrative leave.
Officials said 15 officers were training at the time.
www.wcnc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8NJINV00.html