OAKLAND, CA - At approximately 1:03PM today, a BART Police Officer was killed in the line of duty. A statement from BART earlier today read, in part:
"BART has been informed that one of our officers has died from wounds sustained during a shooting earlier today. The entire BART organization is deeply saddened by this tragic event and we ask the public to keep the officer’s family in its thoughts and prayers."
In a subsequent statement from BART's Chief of Police, additional information was provided:
"Today's tragedy was the first death of an officer in the line of duty in the history of the BART Police Department. While performing a probation search, one BART police officer accidentally shot another officer who later died from the injury. The officers were following up on a crime committed on BART property. The Dublin Police Department (which contracts with the Alameda County Sheriff's Department) has taken over the investigation and no further details are available at this time."
Director Mallett will not be honoring any press interview requests on this incident at this time. The organization is in mourning over the situation and details about the incident remain in development and under investigation.
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