Off-duty police officer on the mend after accidentally shooting self

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Megan Specia
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A Kentucky police officer is on the mend after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach during an incident caught on an elevator camera.

Officer Darryl Jouett of the Erlanger Police Department was returning from dinner with his wife when he accidentally fired the gun, according to local news outlet WCPO.

A video released by Cincinnati police shows Jouett fumbling with a box in one hand and his gun in the other in the elevator of a Cincinnati parking garage, before he accidentally pulls the trigger and drops to the ground.

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