When on parole, we offer these few tips: 1. don't get in a fight with your parole officer and 2. don't shoot yourself in the leg. Especially important to avoid number 2. If you try to escape, police can follow your trail of blood. Just ask a man in Long Beach.
A police officer was injured in a fight with a parolee in Long Beach, who accidentally shot himself in the leg during the confrontation and was later arrested, authorities said Tuesday.
The trouble started about 9:45 p.m. Monday in the 5900 block of Atlantic Avenue. Officers had gone to the address on Atlantic Avenue to take the parolee into custody, Long Beach police Lt. Jeff Liberman said. A fight ensued, during which a Long Beach officer suffered multiple injuries and the parolee accidentally shot himself, then escaped, Liberman said.
After midnight, officers found a shell casing and a trail of blood, and a neighbor told police that he had driven the parolee to the area of Hullett Street and Locust Avenue.
Police went to the second location and found blood outside a residence and eventually took the parolee into custody in the yard. Officers used non-lethal stun guns and police dogs to subdue the man, , Liberman said
The parolee was hospitalized with a gunshot to the leg, as well as dog bites and scratches on his arms, Liberman said.
The officer was taken to a hospital and released after treatment, said Nancy Pratt of the Long Beach Police Department.
