Somerville

Somerville Officer Injured After ‘Unintentional Discharge' of Gun

The officer's injuries were not life-threatening and no one else was hurt

The area where a Somerville police officer’s weapon accidentally discharged on Wednesday.
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A police officer in Somerville, Massachusetts, was injured when the officer's duty weapon went off accidentally Wednesday.

That officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to recover. According to police, the officer's gun was holstered at the time.

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No one else was hurt. An internal investigation is underway.

More details were not immediately available.

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