DALLAS POLICE INVESTIGATE GUN GOING OFF IN SQUAD CAR
By Cynthia Vega and Rebecca Lopez
WFAA.com
June 17, 2010
DALLAS - A Dallas police officer is on administrative leave after authorities said she fired off her gun while off-duty in a squad car with at least one on-duty officer.
The call came in at around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, which was when police rushed to the scene at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue and found three officers at the scene.
Police said the incident happened after Kelly Beemer, an off-duty officer who police said had a few drinks, had gotten into a squad car of an on-duty police officer. Beemer allegedly pulled out her service weapon from her holster and fired the gun. Sources said she was belligerent at the time. Part of the incident was captured on audio tape from a dash cam camera.
Sources said the on-duty officer driving the squad car was originally called to the bar where Beemer and other officers had been drinking. Some kind of disturbance took place at the bar, and Beemer was placed in the squad car to be driven home.
Meanwhile, authorities said there are two ongoing investigations taking place: a criminal and an internal. The female officer has been put on administrative leave.
No officers were injured in the incident.
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