MERCED — Officials are not releasing the name of a Merced police
officer who shot himself by accident Friday. The veteran officer was placing his gun in his holster,
Matthews said, during routine monthly training at Merced Police Department's
firing range on Gove Road when the firearm went off. The officer was hit in the leg by the bullet, and taken by
helicopter to a Modesto-area hospital.
They shot him dead for stealing sunglasses while they were in a wooded
area, out of public sight AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT
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