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K-9 cop accidentally shoots gun

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    Police dog trained to find firearms accidentally shoots one off in Massachusetts

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This Essex county sheriff's department canine named I then.

He's trained to find guns not fire them but that's exactly what happened in Lawrence early Saturday morning.

And it's believed the bullet traveled in the direction of Cesar -- those crescent street home his two young nieces were inside nobody was hurt.

Not then those people into the whole thing that I am I gonna think it was happening like this that I have a few nobody knows the way do you think either -- I think -- good.

-- -- a three year old German shepherd was just doing his job at the time searching for a pistol police say 28 year old Jose Calderon of Lawrence.

Had hidden in a snow bank.

Calderon had been in a speeding car with two bodies one -- officer pulled live over an individual in the rear passenger's seat got out.

Putin to bury something -- though they get back in the vehicle Ivan and his -- -- lieutenant John pickles were called to Lawrence to help find the buried weapon.

I've been quickly sniffed it out.

Lieutenant -- explains what happened next.

Point is that into the snow bank and when he did just as far as far -- -- -- -- tobacco.

And in doing so destruction -- -- the same time.

Lieutenant Nichols says Ivan was startled but okay.

Lawrence police chief John Romero calls it a freak accident I've been in business for 43 years -- I've seen a lot of canine.

You know locate.

Weapons.

This first I've ever seen this happen we were we were concerned that the weapon maybe defective.

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