Off-duty cop shoots self in foot
An off-duty police officer shot himself in the foot at a Westside auto parts store Wednesday.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Thomas D Weida, 40, suffered a bullet wound to his right foot when his .45-caliber handgun accidentally discharged at the W I Motor Supply store, 4250 W. Morris St., at 3:15 p.m., according to a police report.
The gun was Weida's personal firearm and not department issue, police said. He was carrying it in his front pocket when it fired.
"When he reached in to his pocket to pull out his key ring it became entangled in the trigger of the pistol and it discharged," Sgt. Paul Thompson said in a written statement.
Weida was taken to Methodist Hospital in good condition, Thompson said.
No one else was injured.
Weida, a nine-year veteran, is assigned to the department's traffic section.
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