TAYLOR, Mich. — After a man was shot in the abdomen, police in Michigan are investigating how a live round was introduced to a police training exercise on Sunday.
A citizen was role-playing during a training scenario with the Taylor Police Department’s auxiliary police unit when he was shot, reported FOX 2 Detroit. Auxiliary officers were practicing a vehicle take-down exercise when someone fired their service weapon.
The Michigan State Police is now investigating how that happened.
“A live weapon was somehow brought into a training scenario,” said Lt. Mike Shaw of the Michigan State Police. “There was a live weapon that was introduced in the training exercise, striking the role-player in the abdomen.”
Shaw says the citizen is expected to recover. According to the report, the gunshot victim is a relative of one of the auxiliary officers.
“It’s fortunate that no one was killed during an incident like that,” Shaw added.