Newly released body camera footage shows the moment a Miami Beach Police officer accidentally shot a fellow officer in the leg while struggling with a man on a busy Florida roadway. Officer Shenaqua Stringer was responding to a 911 call reporting a suspicious person possibly carrying a gun. During the struggle, Stringer accidentally fired, striking Officer Fabio Balanos in his left leg. The suspect, who reached into his pocket for what turned out to be a metallic cigarette lighter, was later determined to be a missing person and was not charged with a crime.
Newly released body camera footage shows the moment a Miami Beach Police officer shot a fellow officer in the leg while struggling with a man on a busy Florida roadway. Officer Shenaqua Stringer was responding to a 911 call reporting a suspicious person possibly carrying a gun while walking on Venetian Causeway shortly before 12:30 p.m. March 2, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
Balanos’ bodycam captured the moment more officers arrived and wrapped a tourniquet around his leg as he wailed in pain and they loaded him into the back of a police cruiser. During the ride to the hospital, Balanos asked another officer if he could borrow a phone to call his wife. 'I’m OK,' Balanos told her. 'I got shot in the leg. I'm OK though. They’re taking me to Ryder Trauma right now. I’m OK, though. All right, babe? I love you.
As Balanos was being treated for his injuries at a hospital, officers discovered the suspected handgun the man reached for was a metallic cigarette lighter. The man was not charged with a crime, and authorities determined he was a missing person from nearby Collier County. The situation remains an active internal investigation, and Stringer is still employed by the agency, the Miami Beach Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital.
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