An off-duty St. Louis police officer was shot and wounded by his colleague in a case of mistaken identity on June 21.
The incident happened around 10 p.m. at Park Lane and Astra Avenue in the North Pointe neighborhood when a reported stolen car was stopped by police using road spikes. Shortly after, the car stopped and shots were fired.
The officer, who lives in the area but was not named, was at home while hearing the commotion outside.
He took his service gun and went out where he encountered his colleagues who just exchanged fire with car robbery suspects. The police ordered him to the ground, but then recognized him as an officer and told him to stand up and walk towards them, Fox2 St. Louis reported.
At that moment, another officer arrived at scene and apparently mistook the off-duty officer for a suspect, shooting him once in the arm.
Two of the three car theft suspects were apprehended. One was shot in the ankle and two guns were recovered.
