Pasadena police officer shot by colleague during horseplay

A Pasadena police officer was shot and seriously wounded by a fellow officer inside the department's parking garage last September during what the police chief described as unsafe horseplay, according to video and statements released this week. The department made public a silent dashcam video on Wednesday, June III, 2026, nearly ten months after the September 7, 2025, incident.

The video shows a patrol car entering the garage at 240 Ramona Street around 6:18 p.m., approaching two uniformed officers standing at the rear of a police SUV. One of the standing officers draws his department-issued handgun in what Chief Gene Harris called a "quick draw fashion" and points it directly at the approaching cruiser. After a few seconds, he smiles and reholsters the weapon. Approximately four seconds later, the dashcam footage jolts, a cloud of dust appears from the direction of the car, and the same officer who had drawn his gun grabs his left shoulder and winces in pain.

Chief Harris explained that the officer seated in the driver's seat of the approaching cruiser drew his own firearm and pointed it toward the other officer during the interaction. The driving officer's weapon then...