Officer Shot in Police Cruiser With Mortar Firework in Texas: Department

Officer Shot in Police Cruiser With Mortar Firework in Texas: Department
A police car drives through an intersection in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Sept. 13, 2018. Andrew Caballero/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A police officer in Amarillo, Texas, was shot by a mortar firework while responding to a call about a group of people shooting off fireworks on the Fourth of July.

“A mortar shell was shot through his open driver side window,” the police department wrote in a news release on Sunday.
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