OFFICER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY ANOTHER OFFICER

 

A FREAK OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY. IT HAPPENED AS TWO OFFICERS INVESTIGATED A CALL NEAR A BUSINESS AT OLD COORS AND GONZALES. ONE COP BUMPED INTO A WALL … WHICH CAUSED HIS WEAPON TO FIRE … AND THE BULLET HIT THE OTHER OFFICER IN THE LEG. THE INJURED COP IS ON THE MEND.

THE OTHER IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WHILE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIR DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED. THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.