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Officer Aims For Pit Bull, Accidentally Shoots Fiance
The Indy Channel ^ | December 29, 2005 | AP

Posted on 12/29/2005 9:22:55 AM PST by Abathar

GARY, Ind. -- An auxiliary police officer accidentally shot her fiance in the leg while defending herself from a charging pit bull, authorities said.

The officer, Tracey Berry, will be required to be retrained on firearms, Deputy Chief Jeff Kumorek said Wednesday. Berry's police powers have been temporarily suspended in the meantime, he said.

"Witness accounts support her statement that the dog was attacking her," Kumorek said.

Berry was scheduled to work security for a basketball tournament Monday at Gary West High School and was walking toward the south entrance when a pit bull began running toward her, police said. The closest door was locked, keeping her from seeking shelter inside, and another auxiliary officer's effort to use his car to block the dog was unsuccessful.

At that point, Kumorek said Berry shot at the dog and hit her fiance, 40-year-old Andre Senter, who was nearby. Senter, who was hit in the leg, was treated at The Methodist Hospitals in Gary and released.

"Based on the investigation we believe it's an accidental shooting. But if there is a deficiency in her firearms training, then we need to address that," Kumorek said. "We want to retrain her with her weapon before we put her back on the street."


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1 posted on 12/29/2005 9:22:57 AM PST by Abathar
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To: Abathar
The officer, Tracey Berry, will be required to be retrained on firearms

Ya think?

2 posted on 12/29/2005 9:24:33 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Abathar
Sorry, honey.
That's all right, I'll figure out a way for you to make it up to me.
3 posted on 12/29/2005 9:24:34 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Abathar
Nothing is as terrifying to all in the area as a woman with a gun.
4 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:12 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope ("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
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To: Abathar

Time to visit the range, it seems. What is up with the current rash of cops shooting themselves or some other wrong thing these days?

Did they close all the ranges?


5 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:13 AM PST by MineralMan
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To: Abathar
The officer, Tracey Berry, will be required to be retrained on firearms…

Was he ever trained properly to begin with?
6 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:14 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Abathar

And this from the "You think YOU'RE having a bad day?!" Department...


7 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:28 AM PST by TheBigB (Never banned or suspended even once! Ask me how!)
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To: Abathar

How do we know that he wasn't aiming for his fiance?


8 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:35 AM PST by KeyLargo
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That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


9 posted on 12/29/2005 9:25:51 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

I doubt if she is fixable.


10 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:11 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Merry Christmas and happy new year to all our troops at home and abroad!!)
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To: Abathar
It might have been a ricochet
11 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:15 AM PST by Gator101
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To: Abathar
If she had been a he, he would be fired.
12 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:24 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

Maybe the fiance was a dog, too?


13 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:29 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Berry was scheduled to work security for a basketball tournament

I found her employer:


14 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:45 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (I strongly condemn violence against adulterous gay cannibals.)
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To: KeyLargo

"How do we know that he wasn't aiming for his fiance?"

Reading is FUNdamental. The cop was a woman. Note the "her fiance" in the article.


15 posted on 12/29/2005 9:26:49 AM PST by MineralMan
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To: Abathar

It's hard to find an ulterior motive. Now if they were married...


16 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:06 AM PST by Spok (Est omnis de civilitate.)
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Oh he is in the doghouse now...


17 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:16 AM PST by saveliberty (He who takes your property does not respect your ideas - James Madison)
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Training? This is a dog...this is a human leg?


18 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:30 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Abathar

I hope the dog's ok.


19 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:36 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: Abathar

Could have been an honest mistake. Are there any photos of the guy?


20 posted on 12/29/2005 9:27:45 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Peace Begins in the Womb)
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