Officer accidentally shoots self

[Omaha Steve]

It happened on the job or I would have posted in gun control.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20090630/NEWS01/906309968

Published Tuesday June 30, 2009

BY CHAD NATION
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer accidentally shot himself in the leg on Tuesday at the Southwest Iowa Law Enforcement Training Facility near Council Bluffs.

The 42-year-old officer, whose name was not immediately released, was participating in a handgun qualification test when the gun went off, said Council Bluffs Police Sgt. Charles Gorman.

Gorman said the officer was removing his sidearm from the holster when it discharged. "I believe the bullet entered below his knee and exited above the ankle,” Gorman said. “It was not a life-threatening injury.”

The accident was reported about 1:35 p.m. at the training facility, just south of Council Bluffs, near Interstate 29, exit 42.

Lewis Township Rescue treated the man before taking him to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Gorman said it was the first serious injury of any kind to happen at the facility, which opened in 2006.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Light salt, easy on the butter

:popcorn:

[Taverner]

2. Um, you're not supposed to do that

Wherever you stand on the political scale, you have to agree - DON'T DO THAT!!!!

[barbtries]

3. guess he flunked

ya think?

[JuniperLea]

4. What's up with CB these days?

People getting hurt all over the place.

My mom was raised there.

[notadmblnd]

5. good going Barney

No wonder Andy only let you have one bullet for your gun.

[Historic NY]

6. Epic Fail...keep your finger off the trigger.