During the raid to clear anti-Israel protesters from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, an NYPD officer accidentally fired his gun, police sources told the New York Post.
According to Douglas Cohen, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, the officer did not appear to aim the weapon at anyone and no one was injured in the incident.
The Post’s sources told the outlet the Tuesday night weapon discharge was likely accidental.
The New York Daily News reported the incident occurred shortly after officers with the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit entered Hamilton Hall. While on the first floor of the building, an officer using his firearm’s flashlight to navigate accidentally pulled the trigger, police said.
The bullet struck a wall a few feet away and the only people within “sight or sound” of the shot were NYPD officers, police said. The protesters were in a different part of the building when the round was fired.
The District Attorney’s Police Accountability Unit is investigating the shooting.
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