Jackson police firearms instructor shot by officer
JACKSON, TN Oct 20 2017
A Jackson police officer was rushed to the hospital early Wednesday afternoon after being shot and wounded during a firearms training session.
According to Jackson police, the firearms instructor injured in the shooting has been treated and released from the hospital. Law enforcement officers describe the incident as a horrible accident. They are still working to figure out how it happened.
“Tough time for the police department today,” Police Chief Julian Wiser said. “We got two officers, one injured the other extremely distraught.”
Officers met Wednesday afternoon for a quarterly gun training at the Fraternal Order of Police range on Cotton Grove Road. Just before 2 p.m., the firearms instructor was accidentally shot by another officer.
“Officers at the scene administered first aid until emergency medical services arrived on scene,” Chief Wiser said.
The unidentified gun instructor was taken by helicopter to Memphis. Jackson police later said the injured officer has been treated and released.
“We just ask that you pray for both these officers and their families,” Chief Wiser said.
Department policy requires an administrative shoot team take a closer look to see how it happened. “Once that’s complete we’ll be able to release more information at that time,” Chief Wiser said.
Wiser said during his time with the department he’s never witnessed anything like it before. “Been here over 20 years and this is the first incident where we had an officer accidentally shot during training to my knowledge.”
Chief Wiser says the names of the officers involved won’t be released at this time. The Fraternal Order of Police range is a common location Jackson police use for firearms training.
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