My bet is he was playing with the weapon and after shooting himself resorted to the old “I was cleaning it” excuse.
Yep.
My hunch as well...
Or some other iteration of the excessively unnecessary gun handling, unloading/loading, clearances etc. prescribed by hoplophobic chiefs of police and city attorneys for the sake of “safety”...
The service pistol our good buddy “Barney” carries should be placed in holster and there remain until he removes his uniform at the end of the day, and go into safe storage or whatever mode of overnight his department directs...
NDs are the result of unsafe gun handling, and too many NDs of unnecessary gun handling...If someone you don’t know offers to “show” you their gun, run away...