Ohio Officer Accidentally Shoots Partner With Taser

Ohio Officer Accidentally Shoots Partner With Taser
A two-shot Taser can strike multiple targets, as these officers learned the hard way. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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A Riverside, Ohio, police officer accidentally electrocuted his partner when a taser barb he aimed at a suspect missed its target and struck the officer in the back.

Officer Nicholas Toscani and Darrin Anderson were conducting a routine traffic stop on Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, on Waneta Avenue in Riverside, Ohio, Thanksgiving Day, according to the Dayton Daily News.