DENVER (AP) — An off-duty FBI agent dancing at a Denver nightclub accidentally discharged a firearm, wounding another patron in the leg, police said Saturday.
The victim, an adult male, was taken to a local hospital in good condition, said Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson. Police refused to identify the hospital. USA Today published cell phone footage of the incident.
Jackson said the agent, whose identity wasn’t released, was dancing at the downtown club around 12:45 a.m. Saturday when the firearm fell from the agent’s waistband holster onto the floor. It discharged when the agent picked it up.
Police investigators interviewed the agent before releasing the agent to an FBI supervisor. The police investigation was continuing, and any charges would be determined by the Denver District Attorney’s Office, said Officer Marika Putnam.
Denver FBI spokeswoman Amy Sanders declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation.
This just proves it’s a witch hunt.
(if you’re Dotard)
Most people wait to get back to the hotel before discharging their gun.
Accidentally? Please.
I swear half the problem with guns is not the gun but the holster. Why has the NRA not solved this holstering problem.
I’ve been reading the Gun Fail columns at Daily Kos for years.
Exactly. The safety was disengaged, and somehow enough PSI was applied to the trigger to discharge the weapon. This was not an “accident,” it was gross negligence.