Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Police Officers Shoot Themselves By Accident

Click HERE to watch the video. Read  the story. Answer the questions.

Story:
Bronx, NY (1/5/2010) - Two New York City Police Department narcotics officers were wounded Tuesday night during a shooting incident in the Bronx.

It happened just after 8 p.m. on Davidson Avenue and West Fordham Road in University Heights.

Police say the officers were trailing several suspects as part of a drug sting when one suspect unleashed a pitbull.

When one of the officers opened fire, the bullets bounced off the wall, hitting one officer in the leg, and grazing the other in the face.

Officials say even though crime is down citywide, officers are still put in dangerous situations.

"There's still ongoing dangerous work for police everyday for police to keep neighborhoods safe. And sometimes it results in somebody letting loose a dog -- a pitbull to be used as a weapon against police quite often," said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.

The suspects involved were taken into custody.

Both officers were taken to Jacobi Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) What did the suspects do?
4) How did the officers get shot?
5) What hospital were they taken to?

Info and video taken from NY1

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