Accidental shots fired on US ship in Polish port

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A U.S. official says an American sailor fired three accidental shots from a machine gun aboard a Navy ship moored in a Polish port. No one was injured.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Andrew Paul says a sailor from the USS Ramage accidentally discharged three shots during routine maintenance on a M240 machine gun while the ship was in the port of Gdynia on Wednesday morning.

Paul says the incident did not result in any injuries or damage. He said Thursday that U.S. officials and the Polish military police were investigating.

The USS Ramage is a guided missile destroyer whose home base is in Norfolk, Virginia.

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