Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Rookie Officer

By FRANK HEINZ

Updated 8:10 PM CDT, Sat, Jul 17, 2010

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A Dallas police officer is in good condition after being accidentally shot by another Dallas police officer late Friday morning.

Rookie police officer Ricardo Solis and veteran officer Christopher Thomas were searching a dark, abandoned home on the 3700 block of Crane Street for an aggravated robbery suspect when Thomas accidentally discharged his weapon, striking Solis in his torso which was protected by his bullet-proof vest, officials said.

Solis, who has been with the department for just three days, was transported to Parkland Hospital in good condition. He is expected to be released this afternoon.

The person officers were searching for was not found.

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NBCDFW's Julie Tam contributed to this report.

First Published: Jul 16, 2010 11:58 AM CDT

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What a welcome! Thank goodness for bullet-proof vests. Glad he's okay. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_98612304","adminTags":null,"views":7,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":5757442,"mediaName":"Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Officer","parentThreadId":-1,"mediaId":5757442,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":"externalmedia","createdAt":"16 Jul 2010 22:27:42 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":8,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"3269299","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I agree with previous poster. Dallas law enforcement needs more training. They don't know how to check backgrounds before employing someone into their jails. They don't know how to handle an off duty officer who is drunk and still carrying her weapon. They don't know that honoring a Chief's son whom murdered a fellow Officer is not the best thing to do. Every day there is something else in the news proving they are having major difficulties and lack of good judgment. Something needs to be done. Thankfully, this Officer's life was spared."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_98612304","adminTags":null,"views":7,"createdBy":12821369,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":5757442,"mediaName":"Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Officer","parentThreadId":-1,"mediaId":5757442,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":"externalmedia","createdAt":"16 Jul 2010 22:38:15 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":8,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"medallynch","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"3269382","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"...and we're sure it WAS an accident."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_98612304","adminTags":null,"views":7,"createdBy":24386690,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":5757442,"mediaName":"Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Officer","parentThreadId":-1,"mediaId":5757442,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":"externalmedia","createdAt":"17 Jul 2010 13:14:38 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":8,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"bingle50","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"3272334","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"So As it stand one cop shoots another cop and it is an accident Had it been the person they were looking for it would have been a justifiable shooting Truth is; summary execution by a cop "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_98612304","adminTags":null,"views":7,"createdBy":19266024,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":5757442,"mediaName":"Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Officer","parentThreadId":-1,"mediaId":5757442,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":"externalmedia","createdAt":"17 Jul 2010 13:38:11 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":8,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"BluesMomma","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"3272458","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Man-o-man. It was the experienced, veteran cop who shot the new guy. Sounds to me like the experience cop knew he would have a vest on but it would still cause non-life-threatening damage to get the mexican off his team. 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Are you assuming something here? Solis can be a Flemish name for all we know. DPD needs Hispanic cops, since such a large number of people they are in contact with are Hispanic. And, the majority of people in this area are Hispanic. Chalk this up to one more fiasco by Dallas employees, let alone DPD. Just think of the incidences that are not reported."}],"error":"","totPages":1}

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