One of the funnier scenes from the 1988 film “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” was when bumbling detective Frank Drebin had to explain to the mayor why he shot five actors by accident during a performance of Shakespeare-in-the-Park. In case you’ve never seen the film, here’s the quote:
Anyway, life imitated art in Indiana where body-cam footage caught the moment an officer fired his weapon at an actor who was filming a robbery scene for a movie. The actors did not inform local cops of the production, which they were supposed to do. Luckily nobody was hurt.
WATCH:
Bodycam video shows Indiana police officer fire shot at actor he thought was robbing business. "We're doing a movie" https://t.co/fZWPEuhvU6 pic.twitter.com/Id8gT4f5ab
— ABC News (@ABC) October 4, 2017
And here’s the comparable scene in “The Naked Gun”:
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