A United States Park Police officer accidentally shot himself in the foot on Thursday while fending off a raccoon attack in Rock Creek Park, authorities said. At around 12 p.m., the officer was attacked by the raccoon on Horse Stable Lane in Northwest Washington, the U.S. Park Police said in a statement, and shot himself while fighting the animal. The officer was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the raccoon was killed by another officer at the scene. “I saw a dead raccoon, and heard a cop warn a guy walking his dog nearby, ‘Don’t go near, that raccoon’s rabid,’” Stout said. Animal Control will remove the raccoon, the Park Police said.

Source: Washington Post November 03, 2016 17:15 UTC