Report: Tennessee officer wounded by friendly fire

NASHVILLE – An investigation into a police shooting in Tennessee has found that an officer was wounded by friendly fire during a call in which a black man was fatally shot, a local broadcast report says.

Authorities have said officers responding last October to a reported assault located a man matching the suspect’s description in an apartment. Instead of calling for SWAT team assistance, investigators say, an officer opened a door to the apartment, leading 31-year-old Sershawn Martez Dillon to flee and fire his weapon. Officers returned fire.

Dillon was killed and Nashville Police Officer Samuel Galluzzi was wounded.

WSMV-TV reports its review of the internal probe by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found fellow officers shot Galluzzi. The bureau says ballistic findings show Dillon only fired once.

Galluzzi was hit twice.

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Information from: WSMV-TV, http://www.wsmv.com/