By Patti Dozier
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise (Georgia)
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — A Boston police officer died Friday night from what is believed to be an accidental shooting by a fellow officer.
Officer Al Suarez was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. Friday at the Archbold Memorial Hospital emergency room.
The fallen officer’s wife, Robin, a Thomas County E-911 dispatcher, was on duty when 911 received the call at 6:13 p.m.
Suarez and a couple of other Boston police officers were at Boston Police Department on North Main Street when the shooting occurred.
“One officer was cleaning his weapon. After he cleaned it, he charged it, and it went off,” Capt. John Richards, Thomas County Sheriff’s Office chief of operations, told the Times-Enterprise Friday night.
Suarez was struck in the chest, Richards said ... Full Story