Peterborough police are investigating after an off-duty police officer discharged a privately owned firearm inside of a west-end home on New Year’s Eve (December 13).
At around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, officers were called to the home in the Ireland Drive and Ravenwood Drive area after a report that a firearm had been discharged inside the home. The bullet from the firearm then struck and entered a neighbouring home.
No one was injured in either home in the incident.
Police say the individual who discharged the firearm was an off-duty Peterborough Police Service officer. Police seized the firearm that was discharged, which they say is not a service-issued firearm and is legally owned by the officer.
“This is understandably a very troubling incident, and the Peterborough Police Service is thankful that no one was injured,” said police chief Stuart Betts in a media release. “Any further details will be released when available.”
The police investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been laid at this time.
