Police Officer Recovering After Accidentally Shooting Self In Leg

A New York City police officer is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg in Brooklyn Saturday night. Officials say he was part of a unit responding to a domestic dispute at a building on Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 8 p.m. They say the officer was in a stairwell trying to holster his gun when it discharged. The bullet hit the officer in the right leg. The officer was taken to the hospital. He's expected to be OK.