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2 Court Officers Accidentally Shot At Boston Police Firing Range

QUINCY (CBS) – Two federal court officers were accidentally shot Thursday afternoon at a Boston Police firing range. The officers, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

It happened around 2 p.m. on Moon Island in Quincy. Boston Police said the victims were from another agency.

Sources told WBZ-TV chief investigative reporter Cheryl Fiandaca a federal court officer accidentally shot himself in the arm and the bullet then hit a second officer in the buttocks.

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The Moon Island firing range. (WBZ-TV)

The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed the officers are contract employees of Walden Security.

Several ambulances could be seen leaving the facility and traveling to Boston Medical Center.

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Ambulances arrive at Boston Medical Center after two people were shot at a Boston Police firing range. (WBZ-TV)

A Boston Police team is headed to the facility to investigate.

No further information is currently available.

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