Police officer, aiming for dog, accidentally shoots his sergeant in Brooklyn, New York

ABC 30 ^ | February 18, 2015

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- A police officer accidentally shot his sergeant after firing at a pit bull inside a Brooklyn apartment building.

The shots were fired after New York City Police officers responded to a report of an assault inside the apartment building on Kings Highway at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

The officers were in the hallway when a pit bull mix was let out of one of the apartments. The dog charged at them, according to police, and the officer fired a shot at the dog.

The shot grazed the dog, possibly ricocheted off a wall, and then struck his sergeant in the right foot just below his big toe.

The sergeant was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. The pit bull was expected to survive.

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Smooth move, Quickdraw.

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Backup is on the way!

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[doorgunner69]

That needs a doggie ping?

For once, the cop gets the shot, not the pup.............

[TigersEye]

Know your backstop. I guess he did.

[Slings and Arrows]

It's been a good day for instant karma.

[FredZarguna]

then struck his sergeant in the right foot just below his big toe.

Perhaps I have an unusual anatomy that keeps me from understanding this. How much real estate do the rest of you have on your foot below your big toe?

[Slings and Arrows]

Sarge’s foot was below relative to Barney because Barney’s head was up his [CENSORED].

[TigersEye]

I don’t have one but ... plantar wart?

[ozzymandus]

Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.

[fella]

Well at least the dog went home safe.

[Slings and Arrows]

A pleasant change, that.

[Gaffer]

That was my question, too. But it was a reporter who wrote this. :0)

[captain_dave]

I’d interpret that as the shot was fired from above, angled downwards. It only grazed the right foot. He’s lucky. If it was any higher, he’d have lost a toe or two.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[Joe 6-pack]

"The sergeant was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition."

[Joe 6-pack]

"The sergeant was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition."

I'll bet they had to call a toe truck ;-)

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He might get written up for that./s

[PistolPaknMama]

Har har!!

[PistolPaknMama]

#DOGSLIVESMATTER

[OldMissileer]

Perhaps I have an unusual anatomy that keeps me from understanding this. How much real estate do the rest of you have on your foot below your big toe?

First thing I thought when I read it. Maybe the writer meant "behind" the big toe. That is my guess.