On Sunday evening, police units arrived at the scene of a reported shooting and when looking into the incident, realized that an off duty officer had been in a playground area with his wife and his three children when he saw a fight nearby, according to the police.
"He approached the group of people that were involved in the fight and after making clear to the group that he was a policeman, they started throwing stones at him," the police said in a statement.
According to the off-duty officer, he felt his life was in danger and pulled out his pistol and shot one of the boys.
Alon Hochmon/Maariv contributed to this report.