Police sergeant shot at training center in Doral

Injured Doral police sergeant in serious condition

DORAL, Fla. – A Doral police officer is in serious but stableĀ condition after he was shot Wednesday in an accidentĀ at a training facility.

The police sergeant, identified as Eric Fernandez, 29, wasĀ shot in the upper torso around 11:40 a.m. at theĀ Miami-Dade Public Safety Training Institute onĀ NorthwestĀ 58th Street.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the sergeant toĀ Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami.

FernandezĀ is a supervisor and has been with the department for 11 years. He has been a sergeant for threeĀ years.Ā 

"He's a sergeantĀ assigned to the road, but he is a training instructor,"Ā Doral Police Chief Hernan Organvidez said.

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Organvidez saidĀ hisĀ department is investigating the incident, which occurred indoors during a training exercise for new officers.Ā He was unaware if live ammunition was supposed to be in the weapons at the time of the incident.

"Everybody's shaken up anytime an officer is shot. Obviously it's a heavy burden on all of the officers,"Ā Organvidez said.

It's unknown if FernandezĀ shot himself of if he was shot by another person.Ā 

"I definitely want to find out to make any corrective actions that we need to do in the future," Organvidez said.

Authorities confirmed FernandezĀ was not wearing a vest at the time of the shooting and wasĀ supervisingĀ aĀ squad of training officers who train rookies.Ā 

The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating.


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