South-Carolina
Officer accidentally shot himself on way to call, South Carolina police say
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTV) – A police officer in South Carolina accidentally shot himself while responding to a call on Sunday evening.
The North Myrtle Beach officer was said to have been responding to a call in the Little River area when the wayward bullet hit him in the leg near Harbourgate Marina.
Police said the officer was taken to the hospital and was in stable condition late Sunday night.
Officials said nobody else was hurt by the errant shot.
North Myrtle Beach police did not say what call the officer was responding to, but he was less than 10 minutes from a scene where 10 people were shot on a boat. Both the officer’s accidental shooting and the boat shooting happened around the same time. Despite the proximity of the scenes, the police department did not connect the two incidents.
Officials did not identify the officer who hurt himself.
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