By David Hernandez
The San Diego Union-Tribune
September 27, 2016
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities say a federal agent accidentally shot a deputy’s leg at the sheriff’s station in Lemon Grove while unloading a handgun that was seized by a joint task force Monday.
The deputy’s injury was not considered life-threatening, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said.
The names of the deputy and the federal agent were not released.
The agent and other members of the unnamed task force recovered the .22 handgun while serving a search warrant in East County, Caldwell said.
The task force members returned to the sheriff’s station on Main Street to secure evidence about 5:30 p.m. While unloading the handgun, the agent accidentally discharged the gun, striking the deputy in the lower leg, Caldwell said.
The deputy was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
Authorities did not say whether the agent was placed on leave.
Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the shooting.
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the name of transparency, I demand that the authorities immediately release the names of the federal agent and deputy, as well as all body camera and sheriff’s station surveillance camera videos of the shooting!
2 comments:
It is more than slightly possible that a seized gun was not properly maintained and was defective and went BANG when it normally would not have. That, of course, is all the more reason to keep it pointed in a safe direction (i.e. not at somebody's leg) while clearing it.
I once saw a detective shoot his partner in the knee while showing him how a rolling block safety worked on his new pistol. Oops! No investigation. No days off. He was patched up took off for three weeks and came back to work with the same partner with no hard feelings. The partner apologized and truly felt bad.
The same detective later shot himself in the same knee when a K-9 thought he was a bad guy and attacked him. The dog lived but was pissed off. No apology.
The detective retired and I saw him at a funeral. He walks with a limp.
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