Posted on 07/22/2012 2:07:24 PM PDT by mikrofon
OLD FORGE, N.Y. (AP) State troopers say a police officer in New York shot and killed his son, mistaking him for an intruder.
Troopers say Parry Police Department Officer Michael Leach called 911 to report the shooting early Saturday. He was staying at the Clark Beach Motel and shot someone he believed to be an intruder. But the man turned out to be his 37-year-old son, Matthew Leach, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard (http://tinyurl.com/cdqn92c ).
Troopers say Leach used his department-issued .45-caliber Glock handgun in the shooting. He was hospitalized after the shooting.
The investigation is continuing.
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IIRC, he was treated for a leg wound....I vote yes on careless and or stupid.....unless affirmative action is a choice ;)
Maybe his son was serving a “no-knock warrant”.
I think police should not have guns, when, they face a situation requiring an armed force, they should have to call on armed citizens to handle the response.
“Old Forge, Wyoming County”
Old Forge is in the Adirondacks.
Wyoming County is between Rochester and Buffalo.
Sad. RIP.
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