Deputy Shoots Himself in Foot with Service Pistol, Mistaking it for a Training Gun
A deputy accidentally shoots himself with service pistol instead of a training gun at Bear Lake County Courthouse in Idaho.
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A Bear Lake County Sheriff’s deputy accidentally shot himself in late March at the courthouse, according to Sheriff Bart Heslington. The incident took place at the Bear Lake County Courthouse’s Sheriff’s Office dispatch center on March 29, and the deputy’s injury was not serious.
In a press release on Monday, Heslington provided details about the accident, stating that “One of the Sheriff’s Office personnel, while inspecting a training pistol, discharged his own service weapon, causing an injury to himself. Nobody else was injured, and the deputy’s injury was not of a serious nature. There was little damage to the dispatch center.” The deputy’s name was not released in the news release.
