Officials said an off-duty Vermont police officer was shot by police in Saratoga Springs this weekend.The NBC News affiliate in Albany, N.Y, WNYT, reports that the shooting happened near the Wheatfields restaurant on Broadway near the intersection of Caroline Street, around 3 a.m. Sunday. Police who spoke with WNYT said the incident started when an off-duty sheriff’s deputy from Vermont got into a fight with some people from the Utica area.They said the Vermont deputy was physically attacked by at least three people, slammed into the hood of a car and knocked to the ground.Officials said the deputy picked himself up and showed his gun. That’s when police said the people he was fighting with showed their gun and shots were fired. Police nearby said they saw the off-duty deputy pointing the gun, and ordered him to drop it multiple times. But, that off-duty deputy made a motion towards the officers, and they said they fired about 10 or 11 shots.“Outside of a training exercise, or putting down a rabid animal, this is the first time in 26 years that an officer of the Saratoga Springs Police Department had to discharge a firearm in the line of duty,” said Saratoga Springs Public Safety Commissioner James Montagnino.Offiicals said three people were hurt in the gunfire: the deputy, a man from Utica and a woman. The shooting remains under investigation.
Officials said an off-duty Vermont police officer was shot by police in Saratoga Springs this weekend.
The NBC News affiliate in Albany, N.Y, WNYT, reports that the shooting happened near the Wheatfields restaurant on Broadway near the intersection of Caroline Street, around 3 a.m. Sunday.
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Police who spoke with WNYT said the incident started when an off-duty sheriff’s deputy from Vermont got into a fight with some people from the Utica area.
They said the Vermont deputy was physically attacked by at least three people, slammed into the hood of a car and knocked to the ground.
Officials said the deputy picked himself up and showed his gun. That’s when police said the people he was fighting with showed their gun and shots were fired.
Police nearby said they saw the off-duty deputy pointing the gun, and ordered him to drop it multiple times. But, that off-duty deputy made a motion towards the officers, and they said they fired about 10 or 11 shots.
“Outside of a training exercise, or putting down a rabid animal, this is the first time in 26 years that an officer of the Saratoga Springs Police Department had to discharge a firearm in the line of duty,” said Saratoga Springs Public Safety Commissioner James Montagnino.
Offiicals said three people were hurt in the gunfire: the deputy, a man from Utica and a woman.
The shooting remains under investigation.
