HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police say an off-duty officer accidentally discharged a handgun in a bar and injuring a woman.
Police spokeswoman Michelle Yu says a second-degree assault investigation and an internal investigation have been opened for the early Friday incident. She says the sergeant’s police powers have been suspended.
Yu says a 40-year-old woman working at the bar was taken to a hospital in critical condition with a single gunshot wound to the torso.
It’s not clear if the gun involved was the sergeant’s service weapon.
Yu says the sergeant is 25-year veteran of the force who is friends with the woman who was shot. She says it appears that the gun was accidentally discharged.
News reports say the shooting took place at King’s Sports Bar.