Off-duty Cop Shoots, Kills Son after Mistaking Him for Intruder

This is in what being trigger-happy, like most cops today are, results.

State troopers say a police officer in New York shot and killed his son,  mistaking him for an intruder.

Troopers say Parry Police Department Officer Michael Leach called 911 to  report the shooting early Saturday. He was staying at the Clark Beach Motel and  shot someone he believed to be an intruder. But the man turned out to be his  37-year-old son, Matthew Leach, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Troopers say Leach used his department-issued .45-caliber Glock handgun in  the shooting. He was hospitalized after the shooting.

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