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Police: Off-Duty Officer Shoots Child, Woman

Road Rage May Have Sparked Shooting, Police Say

POSTED: 12:22 pm PDT March 16, 2008

UPDATED: 12:26 pm PDT March 16, 2008

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Oceanside police said a woman and a child were shot by an off-duty San Diego police officer on Saturday night.

The shooting happened in the parking lot of a Lowe's Home Improvement store on Old Grove Road in Oceanside, police said.

Police said the officer pulled his gun out after a possible road-rage incident.

Investigators said they believe another person in the officer's car called 911 to report the initial road-rage incident.

The woman was flown to Sharp Memorial Hospital, and the child was taken to Children's Hospital.

As of Saturday night, their injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.

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