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Tag: Accidental Shootings
Training
Louisville Firearms Instructor Suspended for Accidentally Shooting Recruit During Training
During the training exercise, a recruit was walking across the room and kept leaving himself open as a target, according to the instructor. He said he wanted to drive home the point that the recruit needed to keep himself covered up.
January 30, 2024
Weapons
Off-Duty U.S. Park Officer Unintentionally Kills Fellow Officer
Alexander Roy, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter for killing 22-year-old Jesse Brown Hernandez while they were at a gathering in an apartment in McLean, Virginia.
November 6, 2023
Special Units
NC Sheriff’s K-9 Accidentally Killed by Police Officer
Knightdale police chief Lawrence Capps said the dog was accidentally shot by one of his officers.
May 26, 2023
Patrol
New Orleans Police Instructor Shoots Self in Leg at Range
The officer is retired with more than 30 years of service to the department and is a reserve sergeant currently assigned to the training academy as an instructor.
December 28, 2022
Patrol
New Orleans Police Academy Instructor Shoots Self in Leg
The officer is retired with more than 30 years of service to the department and is a reserve sergeant currently assigned to the training academy as an instructor.
December 28, 2022
Patrol
IN Deputy Accidentally Shoots High School Student in Class
There was a class teaching students how to be officers. Participants in the classroom were doing a drill about a scenario with a so-called "bad guy."
November 18, 2022
Patrol
Off-Duty CA Officer Killed in Accidental Shooting
Lorenzo Morgan, 29, of Apple Valley, called 911 at about 2:46 p.m. from National Trails Highway in Oro Grande, a desert community north of Victorville.
October 31, 2022
Patrol
Milwaukee Police Association Sues City Over Safety Concerns with Sig P320
The lawsuit claims the city should have known about four such discharges without a trigger pull on the issued sidearm and “failed to take steps to ensure the safety of the officers, and the general public.”
September 20, 2022
Patrol
Instructor and Student Wounded in Accidental Shooting at GA Training Center
An instructor and a student were wounded Monday in an accidental shooting at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) in Forsyth.
May 25, 2022
Patrol
NC Officer's Son Dies in Accidental Shooting
Around 7:35 a.m., Guilford County deputies, EMS and fire officials responded to a home in Whitsett when they were told a child was shot.
June 18, 2021
Patrol
Michigan Officer Suffers Accidental Gunshot Wound
An officer with the Detroit Police Department was hospitalized following an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.
March 9, 2020
Patrol
Missouri Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Allegedly Killing Fellow Officer
A St. Louis, MO, police officer pleaded not guilty Monday to charges connected to a fellow officer's shooting death.
April 29, 2019
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