Posted on 01/06/2015 7:32:59 AM PST by smokingfrog
OVER-THE-RHINE (FOX19) -
Security video released by Cincinnati officials shows an Erlanger police officer accidentally shoot himself inside an Over-the-Rhine elevator.
Officer Daryl Jouett suffered non-life threatening injuries when his 40-caliber semiautomatic handgun discharged Saturday night at the Mercer Commons Parking Garage. The bullet ricocheted and struck the officer in the stomach.
Police documents state the incident happened while Jouett, who has been with Erlanger Police for 25 years, adjusted the gun on his waistband.
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In before the “had to be a Glock” posts?
I called it....(to myself)....looks like a Glock 26 and he was showing off to the lady. Asshat.
It sure looks like it to me. I own a G26 and I’d pretty much say that was it.
What were the races of the shooter and the victim? That’s relevant these days.
You can see in the video.....his movements were strange and unnecessary IMO. He was ‘performing’ for the lady.
The race of the gun was black so no racism involved.
Black cop - stainless steel elevator.
Looks like he used his middle finger to shoot himself. Is that a S&W M&P?
1. No need to be handling gun. Showing off for the woman.
2. Clumsy fool couldn’t get pistol into his pocket and dropped it.
3. Tried to catch a falling Glock. Bad move.
4. Glock.
“Did you shoot a .40 in a closed elevator?”
“WHAT?”
“I SAID DID YOU SHOOT A .40 IN A CLOSED ELEVATOR?”
“WHAT?”
“Never mind.”
What the heck was he doing?
(Liked how his wife picked up the shell casing when she came back to get her purse)
Clearly inept and clueless as to proper gun handling. I’m glad the innocent lady didn’t get hit. If someone has to suffer it should be the dunce whose stupid actions caused it.
1. Yes, that is a box of donuts in his left hand.
2. No, he was not “adjusting” a gun on his waistband. While talking with a woman, he had drawn it from a waistband holster for no apparent reason except perhaps to check the safety, and seemed to be trying to re-holster it but (possibly by accident) in his coat pocket. The gun was definitely not in the holster. At least his finger was not obviously on the trigger; it looks like the trigger caught on a coat button.
I don’t see any video link on my iPhone, but it does remind me of when I was at a gun club in Manila shooting my friend’s specialized race gun with a VERY light trigger. I lowered the pistol to finish my shoot and lie the gun down on the table, and as I did I discharged a round within an inch of my right big toe. That was some very scary sheeot. That was the closest I ever came to an accident with a gun. Be very wary of 2-pound triggers.
I think it’s smaller than a Glock. Maybe a S&W Bodyguard.
I noticed that too!
Well, she policed his brass for him.
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