One round was fired. The officer was dispatched to the victim's home to look into a possible burglary. She didn't realize Kalimah was at the house, checking into the sounding alarm system. The officer spotted a slightly open backdoor. She tried opening it more, just as Kalimah was closing it.
Police say the door swung back and hit the gun, discharging it.
Police are looking to see if proper procedure was followed and whether or not the officer had her finger on the trigger and if she should have waited for back up officers. As a rule of training in fire arm safety, an officer's finger would not be inside the trigger guard. The Kalimah family hired an attorney, to conduct an independent investigation. He too is looking at the forensic evidence. We will look for the powder marks on the door to determine the distance from the gun barrel to the door.