A San Diego police officer was recovering after being accidentally hit by a Taser on Thanksgiving night.
The incident happened in front of San Diego’s downtown library in East Village when police officers responded to a report of a man swinging around a hammer, police said.
As two officers confronted him, the suspect started struggling with one of the officers. The other officer tried to take out his Taser to subdue him.
“Unfortunately, as how fights go, people are moving around and the Taser probes hit an officer in the head, striking him below his left ear,” said San Diego police Lt. Steve Shaw.
Fortunately, only one of the Taser probes struck the officer – two probes are need to create a shock – so the officer wasn’t shocked, Shaw said. The officer suffered only minor injuries.
