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Somerville Police Officer Wounded After 'Unintentional Discharge' Of Gun

SOMERVILLE (CBS) – Somerville Police are looking into how an officer was wounded when their gun went off unintentionally.

In a statement, police said the officer, who was not identified, was hurt "via an unintentional discharge of the officer's duty weapon" Wednesday around 4 p.m.

The injury was described as "non-life-threatening" and the officer was taken to a hospital, treated and released.

"The officer's firearm was holstered at the time of the discharge," Police Chief Charles Femino said in the statement.

The officer is expected to make a full recovery, police said.

No other information was released.

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