BART Officer Accidentally Shot and Killed by Fellow Officer

BART Officer Accidentally Shot and Killed by Fellow Officer

A spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said that a BART officer was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow BART officer during a probation search at an apartment building in Dublin Tuesday.

The shooting happened at 1:03 p.m., according to BART police. The officer was taken to Eden Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to Sergeant JD Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspect, who is not being identified, was wanted by BART police for several crimes, including robbery, committed on the BART train, and was not home at the time of the incident, according to Nelson.

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