A police officer in Windsor, Connecticut, faces charges of reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge of a firearm after he mistakenly fired his gun at a suspect when he intended to deploy his Taser.* During a chase, Officer Brandon Thomas told a fleeing suspect to stop, or he would tase him. He then drew his firearm and fired a single shot, which did not hit the suspect. Thomas could be heard on body camera footage saying "oh shit, I didn't mean to do that." A report by the Connecticut Office of the Inspector General concluded, "The discharge was not accidental; it was an error. Officer Thomas bears responsibility for that error."
*CORRECTION: This article originally misstated the underlying details of the shooting. Thomas' bullet did not strike the suspect, who was unarmed and fleeing.
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