Police officer accidentally shoots pistol at his boot and injures his toe

Mebourne, March 02: A Victorian police officer has a bruised toe after accidentally firing a service gun during training.

The leading senior constable inadvertently fired one of the force’s new Smith and Wesson semi-automatic firearms during a training exercise in Melbourne’s west yesterday, police said.

The bullet grazed his boot and caused a small bruise to the officer’s toe, police said.

No one else was injured.

——–Agencies