Officer’s gun goes off in tangle with suspect
Published 9:42 am Monday, November 30, 2015
BROOKLYN PARK — Authorities said a Brooklyn Park police officer’s gun discharged during an altercation with a suspect.
Neither person was struck in the incident, which happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, but they were both taken to a hospital for evaluations.
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the officer responded to a complaint about loud music and encountered a lone man with multiple warrants for his arrest. It said the driver assaulted the officer, and the officer’s firearm discharged.
After his release from the hospital, the driver was arrested for assaulting the officer.
The sheriff’s office is handling the investigation at the request of the Brooklyn Park Police Department.