GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — An off-duty police officer suffered a minor gunshot wound Sunday morning when he accidentally shot himself in the hand.
The officer, who was not named in a statement from the Gloucester Township Police Department, was unloading a personally-owned pistol at home on Bromley Drive just before 3 a.m. Sunday when the gun went off.
The officer was treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden and released soon after. No one else was injured.
The incident is under investigation by the Gloucester Township Police Professional Standards Bureau.
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