Officer's Gun Accidentally Discharges During Oswego Traffic Stop: Police

Oswego police are investigating after an officer inadvertently fired a service weapon during a traffic stop Tuesday night, Chief Dwight Baird said in a press release.

Police said at about 9:53 p.m., an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping center at 2800 Route 34 for speeding.

The car was occupied by three males, according to Baird, who said that while approaching the vehicle, the officer “observed an occupant of the vehicle make a lunging movement within the vehicle. The officer feared for their safety, drew their service weapon and while doing so inadvertently discharged the weapon one time.”

The shot caused damage to the front driver’s side tire on the vehicle, but no one was injured, police said.

The officer involved in the incident is a six-year veteran of the Oswego Police Department, according to Baird.

None of the occupants of the vehicle were arrested, and the incident is being reviewed internally by the Oswego Police Department, Baird said.

“Being a nationally accredited law enforcement agency, the Oswego Police Department is committed to conducting a thorough investigation of this incident while taking into consideration the rights of all parties involved,” Baird said in a press release.