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Posted: 7:53 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013

Belmont officers cleared after accidental shooting

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Police: Officer shot in leg in Belmont neighborhood
Police: Officer shot in leg in Belmont neighborhood

BELMONT, N.C. —

Two Belmont officers involved in an accidental shooting on New Year’s Eve are going back to work Monday.

 On Friday, state investigators cleared Sgt. Brad Pickert.

They say his gun accidentally fired into the concrete and bullet fragments hit another officer and a woman nearby.

Officer Randy Berry and Melissa Verner were both shot in their lower legs.

Both are OK.

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