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Correction officer opens fire while chasing freed inmate in Washington Heights: cop sources
By nydailynews.com- Laura Bult , Rocco Parascandola & Joseph Stepansky
Published: 04/29/2015

An on-duty correction officer fired a shot in Washington Heights on Tuesday while chasing down a man freed by mistake, according to police sources.

Four correction Intelligence Bureau officers were trying to arrest a man who had been prematurely released from Department of Correction custody around 5 p.m., a DOC spokesman said.

During the struggle at 160th St. and Amsterdam Ave., one officer shot a single round from his gun, police sources said.

No one was injured by the bullet.

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