Posted on 05/30/2007 5:20:36 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
A New Haven police officer shot his daughter in the knee Tuesday after he mistook her for a burglar as she tried to sneak into her home after a late-night rendezvous with her boyfriend, police said.
New Haven police Officer Eric Scott, 41, who has been on medical leave from his job since he was hit and dragged by a truck in November, fired one shot from his Glock service weapon at what he thought was an intruder at his Soundview Avenue home at 1:09 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
It turned out to be his 18-year-old daughter, Tasha. "She apparently snuck out to go to her boyfriend's," Stratford police spokesman Capt. Christopher Marino said. "He interrupted what he thought was a burglar. He heard a noise and saw something in the shadows, and shot."
Scott was not charged with any crime. According to police, he was asleep when a motion-sensitive light in the rear of his home activated, and Scott loaded his service revolver and went to look.
Checking the house, Scott found that a basement door that had been locked when he went to bed was now open, and Scott fired a single round at a "shadow moving in the basement bathroom," which turned out to be his daughter.
Scott called 911 after making the discovery, police said, and the daughter was taken to Bridgeport Hospital where she underwent surgery. The bullet traveled up her leg and lodged in her thigh area, police said. Tasha Scott was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday evening, the hospital said.
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Ping....
Yeah, sure he did. I bet she don’t sneak out again...........
This will teach the daughter a good lesson and should be a good one for a lot of young women to take note. The girl should have behaved. Lucky she was not killed.
Lucky for himself that officer Scott wasn’t aiming center mass.
According to police, he was asleep when a motion-sensitive light in the rear of his home activated, and Scott loaded his service revolver and went to look.
Horrible incident, but why did he have to load his gun?
This would not have happened if she was carrying. lol
Always identify your target before you shoot!
Never shoot at shadows!
I'd like to know what that was all about... but the daughter could be up for a Darwin award.
loaded his service revolver
So he was carrying two guns?
Or was this article written by a careless and inaccurate reporter?
I bet you’re right...LOL
I don’t think I’d feel comfortable “sneaking” around a home where someone keeps a loaded gun!
Isn’t that the truth.
Never shoot at shadows!
That’s what I was taught.
<< Always identify your target before you shoot! Never shoot at shadows! >>
No kidding. I’m dismayed at how quick folks at FR (!) are to climb all over police, but... goodness.
... loaded his service revolver ...
Sounds like the media needs some gun edumication.
The final exam at journalism school involves questions about firearms. If a student gets any of them right, the diploma is withheld. Journalists have standards!!
Nice catch! Glock Revolvers are a rarity these days.........
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