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A woman who was shot twice by an off-duty police officer after a traffic dispute filed a claim Wednesday against the city seeking unspecified damages.

Rachel Silva, 27, also wants the city to begin psychiatric testing of its police officers and to regulate or restrict off-duty officers from carrying loaded weapons.

Silva, 27, was hit twice in the arm by Officer Frank White in a parking lot outside a Lowe’s store in Oceanside, north of San Diego. Her 8-year-old son, Johnny, was hit in the leg.

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The shooting happened after one vehicle cut another off about 9:15 p.m. March 15. White was driving his own car and was accompanied by his wife, a dispatcher for the Carlsbad Police Department.

White has been interviewed by investigators, but Silva has declined to provide a statement to police.

According to the account Silva provided with her claim, she and White were screaming at each other when they reached the mall parking lot. White pulled up on the right side of Silva’s car and began firing, hitting her son in the passenger seat and shattering her right arm as she reversed to get away.

White, 28, is on paid administrative leave.

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