STATE/RHODE ISLAND BRIEFS

   STOUGHTON (AP) -    A man   who says he was nearly hit

by bullets has filed a complaint against a police officer 

who shot at his own patrol car after it was stolen near a 

loud party the officer was attempting to disperse, officials

 said.

     John Chisholm, 21, said he was sitting on a lawn with

about 100 other people at the party when police arrived 

at around 11:45 p.m. Friday.

     Chisholm said he left the party with his girlfriend when

police arrived. They were walking down the street when 

the patrol car passed them and bullets followed, Chisholm

said.