Post by Critique on Dec 29, 2006 3:07:13 GMT -5
December 21, 2006
By Angelica Martinez
CASA DE ORO – An El Cajon police officer accidentally shot himself in the foot while taking part in a narcotics raid early yesterday.
The officer was walking in the cluttered backyard of a house on Bonita Street near San Juan Street when he tripped, slid his finger onto his weapon's trigger and fired a round into the top of his right foot, authorities said. The type of weapon wasn't released.
The officer was taken to a hospital and was scheduled to undergo surgery. He was in stable condition, authorities said, but it's unknown how long recovery will take. They didn't release his identity.
Sheriff's SWAT officers and narcotics investigators searched one house on the street, while El Cajon police searched another in raids that began at 6 a.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Kirk Thomson.
Six people were arrested – three from each house – and there may be other arrests, Thomson said. He didn't know if the people arrested lived in those houses.
They are suspected of possessing and selling methamphetamine.
County health officials also condemned the two houses because they are “unfit for human habitation,” Thomson said.
The yard of the house raided by El Cajon police was littered with appliances, boxes and lumber. Power to the house had been cut off in March, but officials said the residents had been illegally receiving electrical services since April.
The other house wasn't kept up as well as homes in the neighborhood.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20061221-9999-2m21foot.html
By Angelica Martinez
CASA DE ORO – An El Cajon police officer accidentally shot himself in the foot while taking part in a narcotics raid early yesterday.
The officer was walking in the cluttered backyard of a house on Bonita Street near San Juan Street when he tripped, slid his finger onto his weapon's trigger and fired a round into the top of his right foot, authorities said. The type of weapon wasn't released.
The officer was taken to a hospital and was scheduled to undergo surgery. He was in stable condition, authorities said, but it's unknown how long recovery will take. They didn't release his identity.
Sheriff's SWAT officers and narcotics investigators searched one house on the street, while El Cajon police searched another in raids that began at 6 a.m., said sheriff's Sgt. Kirk Thomson.
Six people were arrested – three from each house – and there may be other arrests, Thomson said. He didn't know if the people arrested lived in those houses.
They are suspected of possessing and selling methamphetamine.
County health officials also condemned the two houses because they are “unfit for human habitation,” Thomson said.
The yard of the house raided by El Cajon police was littered with appliances, boxes and lumber. Power to the house had been cut off in March, but officials said the residents had been illegally receiving electrical services since April.
The other house wasn't kept up as well as homes in the neighborhood.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20061221-9999-2m21foot.html