NEW YORK (AP) - Police say an off-duty police officer from Long Island has accidentally shot himself in the leg while firing at men who assaulted him in the Bronx.
The NYPD says the Hempstead officer shot two men who were attacking him Saturday morning and then shot his own leg.
Police say the incident started when a car rear-ended the officer’s vehicle.
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They say that when the officer tried to inspect the damage the two men in the other car and two men from a third car confronted the officer and assaulted him.
Police say the officer shot one man in the abdomen and another in the back, then shot himself accidentally.
The officer and the two men he shot were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
None of the men’s names was immediately released.
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