OSCEOLA, Ark. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy has been shot after an Arkansas police officer’s weapon discharged as she was attempting to arrest him.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2llgyls ) that the Osceola police chief has asked the Arkansas State Police to investigate the shooting.
The boy was struck by the officer’s errant bullet Friday morning. He was treated at a local hospital and released later in the day.
State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says Osceola police officers were called to an attempted robbery at a convenience store and when the police arrived, they arrested one person.
Sadler says the 16-year-old tried to get into a vehicle parked in the store’s lot and an officer tried to remove him from it.
That’s when the officer’s gun discharged and hit the boy.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, https://www.arkansasonline.com
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