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Investigation into firearm discharge injury at Lethbridge Police range

Sep 23, 2020 | 2:17 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB– An investigation is now underway after a firearm was discharged and resulted in a serious injury at the Lethbridge Police Service firing range.

At around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday, police officers were at the LPS firing range for training and were in a room when an officer, discharged a live round into a table.

A shard from the table was believed to have struck one of the officers in his left leg and left a serious injury.

Officers immediately provided medical aid to the injured officer, who was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition.