Posted on 04/24/2002 7:19:56 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
Suspect shot when officer uses gun to tap on car window
A St. Petersburg man was shot early today after police approached him on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute and an officer's gun accidentally discharged. Tampa Police say Christopher Jackson, 29, had solicited an undercover female police officer posing as a prostitute on Nebraska Avenue and was then stopped by two police cruisers. Police say as they approached, he rolled up his car window, and "appeared to be reaching for something." Officer William Jordan, a four-year veteran, used his gun to tap on the car window and the gun accidentally went off. Jackson, who was shot once in the upper body, was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he was in stable condition. The case is under investigation.
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