Police in Lewiston say a handcuffed woman was accidentally shot in the buttocks while fighting with officers on Tuesday.
Police told the Sun Journal 24-year-old Tameika Girardin was being picked up from the Lewiston police station by Windham police for a burglary charge there.
Police said she was fighting with officers and a round was fired from an officer’s gun accidentally. They said the gun never left the officer’s holster.
No one else was injured.
Girardin was treated and released from the hospital. She’s being held at Cumberland County Jail.
