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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.