WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A spokesman for the Winston-Salem Police Department says a trainee who authorities say accidentally shot his wife last year has resigned.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports (https://bit.ly/2bW81o0) Capt. Danny Watts of the department’s professional standards division said Nikolaos Keefe Tish submitted his resignation on Aug. 9.
According to police, Tish shot his wife, Jessica Marie Tish, in the abdomen on Dec. 29. At the time, investigators said Tish shot his wife while handling his personal gun. After a criminal investigation, the shooting was ruled an accident and no charges were filed.
Jessica Tish said on social media that she is recuperating.
The State Bureau of Investigation wasn’t called to take part in the investigation because Tish was not a North Carolina-certified and sworn police officer acting in the line of duty.
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Information from: Winston-Salem Journal, https://www.journalnow.com
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