Nov 25, 2008 6:34 am US/Pacific
LAPD Officer Accidentally Hit By Police Bullet
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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An LAPD officer suffered a gunshot wound to his leg as a result of the "negligent discharge" of a police weapon while he and other officers were trying to detain several individuals in Venice, authorities said Tuesday.
CBS
Authorities say a Los Angeles police officer was wounded by a bullet accidentally fired from a police gun.
Police spokeswoman Julianne Sohn said Tuesday that the officer was shot in the leg as a result of a "negligent discharge."
Sohn did not immediately know whether it was his own gun or the weapon of another officer that fired the shot.
The wounded officer was in surgery at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood and was expected to survive.
Sohn says the officer was part of a group trying to detain several pedestrians late Monday night in the Venice area.
She says the shot was fired as some of the suspects started to flee.
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