An Albuquerque man was wounded in what police describe as an accidental shooting by an officer.
Police spokesman Simon Drobik say the officer's gun discharged as he climbed through a broken window of a second-floor apartment while investigating a burglary early Sunday.
The bullet went through the apartment's floor and into the unit below, where it struck a man in the back.
Drobik says the man was hospitalized in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to Drobik, the shooting occurred after officers took into custody a man who was loading items into a vehicle. The officer whose gun discharged then entered a second floor apartment through a broken window to see if anybody was inside.
Identities weren't released.
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