a florida police department is in mourning after an officer was accidentally shot by a coworker during firearms training officer jared forsyth, 33, had been a member of the ocala police department since 2012 few details have been released, with police saying it is still under investigation, however the incident occurred about 330pm at a gun range at the lowell correctional institution 'he was wearing his bulletproof vest, but the round entered in his arm and went through his chest,' ocala police chief greg graham told news 13 killed: officer jared forsyth with the ocala police department was wearing a bulletproof vest during the training exercise monday, but the round entered through his arm and went through his chest, police said  officer forsyth, 33, was rushed to ocala regional medical center in critical condition and immediately taken into surgery, but he later died from his injuries  scene: the accidental shooting occurred at a gun range at the lowell correctional institution on monday  chief graham added: 'he was shot in the side, so his vest wouldn't have helped him' forsyth was rushed was to ocala regional medical center in critical condition and was taken into surgery however he died several hours later, according to my fox orlando 'jared was a great guy he was funny he had a true servant’s heart,' graham said 'i wish i had a 100 like him every time i saw him and talked to him, he put a smile on my face' the name of the other officer has not been released 'jared was a great guy he was funny he had a true servant’s heart,' chief graham said of forsyth (second from left), pictured here with some colleagues  investigation: because the florida department of law enforcement is investigating the incident, few details of the shooting have been released  news 13 reported that the florida department of law enforcement has been called in to investigate the shooting the probe is standard practice in a shooting involving an officer forsyth is survived by his mother and stepfather
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jared forsyth, 33, joined ocala police department in 2012 . he was shot in the chest by a colleague during firearms training monday . forsyth was rushed to hospital but died after undergoing surgery . incident at lowell correctional institution under investigation . officials say he was wearing a vest, but the round entered his arm 