Skiprr wrote:quidni wrote:...And there's no claim that the gun "went off by itself."
Well, there's always the short report that hit wire services on the 4th:
Gun accidentally goes off, hurting 2 in El Paso
EL PASO — A gun accidentally fired in a courthouse Monday, wounding two federal agents when a bullet ricocheted, authorities said.
The injuries to the Border Patrol agent and the deputy U.S. marshal were not life-threatening, Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier said.
U.S. Marshal's Service spokesman Jerry Payan said the gun went off in a secured hallway on the courthouse's third floor.
Mosier said it does not appear that the weapon belonged to the Border Patrol agent, and that the officers were wounded by a "ricocheting round."
Now,
that's journalism!
Well, no such claim in the original article I linked, at least.... they did mention that the deputy will bear responsibility for firing his handgun. I'm almost proud of our local reporters, for once.
Gerry Payan, supervisory deputy for the U.S. Marshals Service, said a marshals service deputy fired his weapon once, wounding himself and a U.S. Border Patrol agent about 10:45 a.m. on the third floor of the courthouse.
Payan said the deputy will be held responsible for firing the handgun just as any other law enforcement official would in a similar situation.