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Lawsuit filed in accidental shooting
Associated Press
1/29/2004
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- A Bristol detective who was accidentally shot in the foot by a state police trooper seven years ago is suing the trooper and the state.
Detective Robert Mendela was shot in the foot on May 18, 1996 when a submachine gun carried by Trooper Timothy O'Hanlon went off while a group of officers attempted to take Brent McCall, a suspect who shot a police officer, into custody............
http://www.boston.com/news/local/co...4/01/29/lawsuit_filed_in_accidental_shooting/
Associated Press
1/29/2004
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- A Bristol detective who was accidentally shot in the foot by a state police trooper seven years ago is suing the trooper and the state.
Detective Robert Mendela was shot in the foot on May 18, 1996 when a submachine gun carried by Trooper Timothy O'Hanlon went off while a group of officers attempted to take Brent McCall, a suspect who shot a police officer, into custody............
http://www.boston.com/news/local/co...4/01/29/lawsuit_filed_in_accidental_shooting/