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Associated Press - September 30, 2009 3:44 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A Gooding County Sheriff's deputy shot accidentally by another deputy is back at work after four weeks recuperation.
Deputy Jeremy Smith, who returned to work Monday, was shot in the hand by a .22 caliber handgun Aug. 31 at the Hagerman home of Sgt. Dave Kiger, the agency's armorer.
Kiger was cleaning the weapon when it apparently misfired.
The incident didn't become public until this week, in part because no formal law enforcement report was filed to document it and no other Idaho agency was called to assist the investigation.
An official at Idaho's law enforcement academy said enlisting another police organization to help with an accidental shooting probe involving two officers could be appropriate, but said such decisions are left to local agencies.
Gooding County Sheriff Shaun Gough said there was an internal investigation that determined there was no criminal intent.
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