I can't wait to hear what this police officer was doing to shoot himself in the leg! Check this story out:
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Officer shoots self in leg while driving
LaPorte County police probing why gun discharged.
By STAN MADDUX
Tribune Correspondent
LAPORTE -- A police officer on Wednesday shot himself while driving his squad car.
Fortunately, when the gun went off, he was near LaPorte Hospital where he rushed to get medical treatment and crashed into a parked car with his
overhead lights and siren activated.
"We are certain at this point it was an accidental discharge," said LaPorte County police Detective Sgt. Mike Kellems.
Paul Adams, a patrolman with the LaPorte County Sheriff's Department, suffered a single gunshot wound to the upper leg, police said.
By 1 p.m., his condition was stable and "they were taking him into surgery," said LaPorte County police Detective Shayna Mireles, the lead investigator in the case.
About 8:30 a.m., Adams was off duty and driving to the Sheriff's Department's shooting range near the LaPorte County Fairgrounds for a practice session when his service revolver went off at Lincolnway and Scott Street.
With LaPorte Hospital about one mile away, he activated his overhead lights and siren.
Rushing west on Lincolnway, Adams made a wide right turn onto Madison Street and hit the front end of a car parked along the curb outside the hospital.
Police aren't sure why he crashed into the car but speculated Adams may have passed out or on the verge of losing consciousness.
"There was significant blood loss," Kellems said.
While he was being treated, LaPorte County Sheriff's Department officers roped off the area looking for clues in the blood-stained snow beside Adams' squad car.
Kellems said he talked to Adams for about two minutes while he was being prepared for surgery.
But why the gun went off won't be known for certain until Adams is interviewed again and there's a review of physical evidence collected at the scene and complete examination of his weapon, said Kellems.
Adams, 38, has been employed at the Sheriff's Department for more than four years, police said.
But why the gun went off won't be known for certain until Adams is interviewed again and there's a review of physical evidence collected at the scene and complete examination of his weapon,
I'll take a wild guess that his revolver "went off" when the trigger was pulled.
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I'll take a wild guess that his revolver "went off" when the trigger was pulled.
I'm going to make a wild guess and guess that you're right.
Trigger get pulled. Gun go bang. Bullet fly from gun. Bullet go in leg.
My questian isn't
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But why the gun went off won't be known for certain until Adams is interviewed again and there's a review of physical evidence collected at the scene and complete examination of his weapon,
but rather, WHY WAS THE TRIGGER PULLED?
I know that mistakes can happen, even if you are being very careful. I know. It happened to me once.
I was cleaning a single action revolver. I made sure the gun was unloaded. I checked it several times, but I DID NOT REMOVE THE CYLINDER FROM THE GUN.... I was POSITIVE the gun was unloaded. I had PHYSICALLY checked it SEVERAL times with my OWN EYES. I did not see ANYTHING in any of the six little holes in the cylinder.
I was working some oil in around the hammer and was holding the trigger back and using my thumb to pull the hammer back and let it down again... back and forth, back and forth, back and BANG!!!!!!!!!! My thumb slipped off the hammer and there was a live round under the hammer. This revolver had not been out of my sight from the time I checked it until it went off. HOW I missed that round in the revolver is beyond me... BUT IT WAS THERE!
And some people can't figure out why I go ballistic when they aren't careful where they point an "empty" gun... I tend to "go ape" when I see a definite lack of "muzzle control".
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Funnything about DA revolvers and Glocks- if your finger is in the trigger guard and you try to holster them, they go off.
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It's obvious why the revolver discharged ,
things like that are bound to happen when you have six rounds in it and your elbow , for some mysterious reason , accidentally hits the hammer just as your passing a Hooters billboard ...
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Sounds to me like this officer may need to go to the Barney Fife school of gun safety!!!! You know the one where you can only have one bullet for your gun and it has to stay in his shirt pocket!
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As I am noted for saying, "Other than in the hands of criminals, the only guns that kill are the unloaded ones." I agree 100%, I don't have a single loaded gun in the house, but anytime I even look at one, I ALWAYS repeatedly remind myself that the gun IS LOADED! Muzzle control #1 priority.
The only exception to this, is when I have broken down the gun. At that point, it will not fire.
Just my $0.02.
P.S., I should probably look at updating my quote to exclude LEO's, but then isn't that what started this thread to begin with
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Officer Shoots Himself While Driving
