Chaotic scene captured as officer mistakenly shoots colleague

Newly released video footage shows the moment a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer mistakenly shot another officer during a 2019 operation in the Derita neighborhood.

The incident occurred while officers from Charlotte and Gastonia were assisting an FBI task force in serving a search warrant at a home, according to the Charlotte Observer.

During the operation, former CMPD officer Heather Loveridge mistakenly fired her weapon, seriously injuring then-Gastonia police officer Clarence Belton…

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