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Cop accidentally shoots himself in leg, foot

By Ty Tagami
Dec 3, 2010

A DeKalb County police officer suffered a minor injury in a gun accident Thursday.

DeKalb Police Department spokeswoman Mekka Parish told the AJC that the officer accidentally shot himself in the leg and foot at a shooting range.

Parish did not identify the officer. She said the injury was "not serious."

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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