Police
Officer Charged With DWI After Shooting Friend In Leg
Cop
accidentally shoots himself in leg on South Side
Delaware
officer accidentally shoots self
Glasgow
officer sues gun store after accidentally shooting off finger
Nassau
police recruit accidentally shoots himself in leg during training, officials
say
Off-duty
officer accidentally shoots roommate
Police
Officer Charged With DWI After Shooting Friend In Leg
Jesse Urban reported that his
gun accidentally discharged, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office says.
By Patricia A. Miller (Patch
Staff)January 16, 2015 at 7:27pm
A police officer was charged
with driving under the influence after he shot and wounded a friend in the leg
early Friday in Lacey Township, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato
said.
The incident happened shortly
before 6 a.m. on Friday, when Pine Beach Police Officer Jesse Urban made a 911 call
to report the his 23-year-old friend had been accidentally shot in the leg,
Coronato said.
Lacey Township police responded
to the parking lot of the 7-11 on Main Street and found the victim - who is
from Forked River - with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was taken to
Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Coronato said.
Pine Beach Police Chief Reese
Fisher has suspended the officer without pay after he called 911 to report his
gun accidentally discharged.
The exact circumstances surrounding
the shooting are under investigation. Urban, 23, was charged with driving under
the influence, the prosecutor said.
“Evidence of alcohol
involvement and the alleged operation of a motor vehicle have brought a charge
of driving under the influence against Urban,” Coronato said.
The victim suffered non-life
threatening injuries and is reportedly undergoing surgery at Jersey Shore, he
said.
Fisher suspended Urban without
pay pending the results of the investigation. The investigation is being
conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office, in conjunction with the Pine
Beach and Lacey Township police departments.
Cop
accidentally shoots himself in leg on South Side
By Deanese Williams-Harris
A Chicago police officer accidentally shot
himself in the leg Friday evening during an investigation in the city's
Englewood neighborhood, police said.Preliminary information indicated that at
about 6:30 p.m., the officer was conducting a field investigation on the 5700
block of South Peoria Street when he accidentally discharged his weapon, said
Police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney. The officer, who suffered a leg
wound, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was
listed in good condition, said Sweeney. No other details were available.
Delaware
officer accidentally shoots self
NEW CASTLE, Del. (WPVI) --
A New Castle County police
officer is recovering after he accidentally shot himself on the job Wednesday
morning.
It happened during a raid on a
house in the unit block of Freedom Court just after 11:30.
Police say the officer wasn't
seriously hurt.
They have yet to provide any
information on why they were raiding the house in the first place.
We do know, however, that
several people were taken into custody.
Glasgow
officer sues gun store after accidentally shooting off finger
By: WKYT NEWS STAFF
GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) - A former
Glasgow police officer who accidentally shot off his finger has filed a lawsuit
against the gun store, saying an employee handed him the gun without checking
to see if it was loaded.
According to a report from
WBKO, an affiliate of WKYT, a civil lawsuit was filed Friday by former Glasgow
police officer Darrell Smith.
In March, Smith went into
Barren Outdoors and asked to see a .380 caliber handgun, which was under the
counter. Smith, who was examining the gun, cocked it and apparently did not
know the gun was loaded. The gun fired, shooting off part of his index finger,
the WBKO report says.
The lawsuit says the Barren
Outdoors employee did not do a safety check on the gun before handing it to
Smith.
Smith's attorney, Alan Simpson,
said Smith lost his job with the police department after the incident; the
lawsuit was filed to make up for his lost income.
"He's permanently
disfigured,” Simpson told WBKO. “He went through a lot of pain and suffering.
He's gone through several surgeries. He's got a lot of medical bills that have
to be paid. It ended his career and he's going to have a lot of lost
income."
Officials with Barren Outdoors
declined WBKO’s requests for comment.
Nassau
police recruit accidentally shoots himself in leg during training, officials
say
A Nassau County Police
Department recruit accidentally shot himself, "piercing" his thigh
and calf during a training session at the county-owned shooting range in
Uniondale, police said. A Nassau County
Police Department recruit accidentally shot himself Wednesday, "piercing"
his thigh and calf during a training session at the county-owned shooting range
in Uniondale, police said. The police recruit, whose name and age were withheld
by the department, was attending firearms training at the Nassau County Rifle
& Pistol Range
Off-duty
officer accidentally shoots roommate
BRANDON, Miss. —A Madison
police officer is on leave while an investigation into a shooting is underway.
Police said Officer Zachery
Creel, who was off-duty at the time, accidentally shot his roommate Hunter
Flynt last week at a home off McLaurin Road in Brandon.
Investigators said Creel told
them he was showing Flynt his new gun when it went off.
Madison police officials said
Creel is on paid administrative leave.
Flynt was last listed in fair
condition at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Man
accidentally shot by Toledo police officer
Rookie on restricted duty after
incident in Sylvania Thursday
BLADE STAFF
A rookie Toledo police officer
is on restricted duty after accidentally shooting a friend.
The officer, Michael
Ellerbrock, 25, is now working in records, said Toledo police Chief George
Kral. He did not comment further, citing the department's contract and a
pending Internal Affairs investigation.
Wounded in the shooting was
Steven Kurtz, 23, of Pemberville. He was shot when the officer was cleaning a 9
mm Sig Sauer pistol when the gun fired at about 11:20 p.m. Thursday in the 5300
block of Silvertown Drive in Sylvania, according to Sylvania police. The
officer and Mr. Kurtz are friends, police said.
Mr. Kurtz was shot in his
“upper chest area,” said Sylvania police Chief William Rhodus. The victim was
taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital for treatment; on Monday, Mr. Krutz was
listed in fair condition, a hospital spokesman said.
Sylvania police did not file
charges and consider the case closed because investigators ruled the shooting
was accidental, Chief Rhodus said.
Sylvania officers who responded
to the scene were notified that Officer Ellerbrock was employed by the Toledo
Police Department. Officer Ellerbrock graduated from the police academy in
April.
