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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A deputy was injured at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office gun range on Thursday morning.
Emergency officials responded to the gun range on Wewachootee Road around 11 a.m.
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Sheriff’s office officials said during a shooting exercise, deputies were firing near and through vehicles. Investigators said a piece of metal came off one of the vehicles and hit a deputy in the chest.
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Deputies said the deputy’s injury was superficial, and the deputy was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and later released.
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