By Breitbart News Network | Created at 2026-06-11 21:04:10 | Updated at 2026-06-12 12:46:10
18 hours ago
An officer in gun-controlled Pasadena, California, was shot after he and another officer jokingly pointed guns at each other in an incident the police chief described as “horseplay.”
NewsNation noted that the incident occurred on September 7, 2025, but dashcam video of the shooting was just released.
The video shows one officer inside a vehicle in a parking garage driving toward other officers who were standing by a police vehicle. As the officer in the vehicle got close, “one of the standing officers drew his firearm in a ‘quick draw fashion’ and pointed it at the officer.”
The officer in the vehicle then drew his gun and the gun discharged, striking one of the standing officers in the shoulder. The officer who was shot was reportedly the one who first jokingly pointed his firearm.
Police1 quoted Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris on the incident: “The shooting resulted from officers engaged in unsafe and out-of-policy horseplay involving loaded firearms.”
Harris said “disciplinary measures” were taken after the incident, but he did not describe what those measures might have been.
The wounded officer recovered from his gunshot wound.
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