Gloucester Twp. policeman wounded by own gun
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP An off-duty township police officer was injured when his privately owned gun went off while he was unloading it, police said.
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP An off-duty township police officer was injured when his privately owned gun went off while he was unloading it, police said.
The accident occurred just before 3 a.m. Sunday in the officer's home on Bromley Drive, police said in a brief statement.
Deputy Chief David Harkins would not identify the officer. He said the weapon was a .40-caliber pistol.
The officer suffered a minor hand wound, and was treated at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, according to the release.
The Gloucester Township Police Professional Standards Bureau is investigating.
– Diane Mastrull
David E. Sanger, Julian E. Barnes, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Farnaz Fassihi, and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
Gerrit De Vynck and Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post
Evan Halper, Washington Post
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Associated Press
Susie Blann and Elise Morton, Associated Press
Aaron Boxerman, New York Times
Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press
Matt Shuham, Washington Post
Amanda Covarrubias, Washington Post
Julia Carpenter, Washington Post
Tom Moran, For The Inquirer
Dorany Pineda, Associated Press
Ari Lightman, The Conversation























