Local news reports
The city's new police chief was cleaning his newly issued weapon Monday afternoon and apparently shot himself in the hand, according to a press release issued by a city official Tuesday.
Chief Mark Hathaway, a 25-year veteran officer who was selected as the city's chief in April, and other officers had just returned from training with their new guns in Brewer when the shooting took place.
A Maine State Police lieutenant accidentally discharged his weapon in February at a staff meeting, when he shifted in his seat and his holstered weapon went off. An investigation concluded in May by a division of the Maine State Police was unable to determine why his firearm accidentally discharged during the computer training session.
"Chief Mark Hathaway, a 25-year veteran officer who was selected as the city's chief in April, and other officers had just returned from training with their new guns in Brewer when the shooting took place."
ReplyDeleteConsidering they went from one semi-auto to a different one I'm not seeing how it being a new pistol having ant relevance. You check the same two places to clear the weapon. Remove the magazine and then check the chamber to insure it's unloaded. NOT the other way around.
I'm curious as to how a holstered weapon went off. If that's true, it makes this more of an accident or perhaps even mechanical failure than a negligent discharge.
ReplyDeleteMechanical failure discharges are too rare to even talk about. You're the one who loves to throw those one-tenth-of-one-percent stats at me. This is even smaller.
DeleteGee, Mike...don't you think that maybe that's why Greg had the skeptical tone and commented that IF this story is true it raises questions about HOW it could happen?
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