Initial reports that an officer with the Rochester (NY) Police Department died because he crashed his personally owned vehicle into a ravine lacked an important detail: he had accidentally shot himself and was attempting to drive himself to the hospital.
According to the Democrat & Chronicle , Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter revealed at a press conference that Officer Manuel "Manny" Ortiz suffered the accidental gunshot wound on Saturday evening and called his wife to let her know he was driving to the hospital.