Police officer fires gun and wounds man after accidentally being hit by deputy’s Taser
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 4 months ago
Snippets of newly released body camera video show the moment a Nevada police officer unintentionally shot a man after that officer was hit with a Taser discharged by a sheriff’s deputy, the Reno Police Department said.
The Reno police posted edited footage on Sunday from an incident in which Washoe County sheriff’s deputies intended to subdue a suspect with a Taser dart because the man was allegedly not complying with deputy’s orders, Reno Police Deputy Chief Tom Robinson said.
Reno police officers attempted to help the deputies get the suspect into custody, Robinson said.
“At one point, while a deputy was giving verbal commands to the suspect, the suspect stepped toward the deputies,” Robinson said.
The deputy fired his Taser and missed the suspect. Instead, the Taser struck the knee of a Reno police officer, who fired his firearm once, striking the suspect in the shoulder.
Reno police did not clarify how they determined the officer discharged his weapon unintentionally. The department did not release the name of the officer or the suspect.
Did I hear somebody say “Reno 911?”
On August 13, 2020 at 7:18 am, June J said:
“ Reno police did not clarify how they determined the officer discharged his weapon unintentionally. ”
Let me clarify then…the idiot negligently had his finger on the trigger when he wasn’t intending to pull it.