PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — An off-duty Portsmouth Police officer working security at a Food Lion on London Boulevard accidentally shot another woman in a restroom Friday afternoon, police said.
Portsmouth Police said the shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of London Boulevard, as police responded to the Food Lion at that location. Police said the woman who was shot was using the restroom at the time and was struck by a bullet. She was taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery, police said.
“I couldn’t imagine using the bathroom and I get shot, that’s just unbelievable and unexpected,” an anonymous shopper told 10 On Your Side…