A New York police officer whose father was killed in the line of duty nearly 30 years ago fired an errant shot on Saturday during a drug raid in the Bronx and wounded a suspect's 76-year-old father, the authorities said.

The officer, Andrew McCormack, 37, and other Emergency Service officers accompanied narcotics officers to 1184 Evergreen Avenue about 7 a.m. to execute a warrant for the arrest of Alberto Colon, 41, the police said.

They had forced open the door of Apartment 4D when Officer McCormack's weapon discharged one shot, said a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation. The round struck Jose Colon, Alberto Colon's father, in the abdomen, and he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, the authorities said. He was expected to survive.

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