GROTON, CT. (WFSB) - New police body cam video shows the chaotic scene that unfolded when a woman was accidentally shot by her neighbor in Groton.

Caleb Bean, an active member of the U.S. Navy, told police he was cleaning his rifle in his apartment went the gun went off. That sent a bullet through his ceiling, hitting his upstairs neighbor.

“My girlfriend woke up out of her sleep and there’s a huge hole in her leg and there’s blood everywhere. She’s passing out and need someone here now. Now,” said the victim’s boyfriend on a 911 call.

“I went shooting with my friends today and I was putting my rifles away and I accidentally had a negligent discharge and it went through the ceiling. It hit my upstairs neighbor,” said Bean.

Police arrived and found the victim heavily bleeding from her

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