Posted on 08/05/2022 1:48:17 AM PDT by csvset
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a library police officer died Thursday afternoon after a retired police lieutenant shot and killed her in the Anacostia Library.
MPD said the retired lieutenant was conducting training at the library, located at 1800 Good Hope Rd. SE. At the end of the training, the retired lieutenant fired a gun. The bullet hit the library police officer.
Medics took her to the hospital where she died.
Other library police officers, as well as the retired lieutenant, were being interviewed late Thursday afternoon.
MPD said it was working with its partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in the investigation into exactly what happened.
Officer killed after shooting during training exercise inside Anacostia Library
A library police officer was killed during a training exercise in the Anacostia Neighborhood Library in D.C.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police arrived in the library on Good Hope Road Southeast for a report of a shooting. They found a library police officer who had been shot and was unconscious and not breathing. They took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, D.C. police Chief Robert Contee said in a news conference.
There was an ASP baton training taking place at one of the library’s room that involved some six people, including the trainer — a retired D.C. police officer — and several officers, Contee said.
At the end of the training, the trainer, who was contracted by library police to conduct training, fired a shot and struck the officer.
Contee said the findings are preliminary and a lot of investigation needs to be done, but he’s not sure why the trainer had a live weapon in a training environment.
“It’s not good practice to do that,” Contee said, adding that what happened was a very “unfortunate” and “tragic” event.
“At the end of the training, the trainer, who was contracted by library police to conduct training, fired a shot and struck the officer.”
Even if they were only half-way through training it quickly became the end of the training. Alex Baldwin got a new job? So tragic for the woman that was killed and her family. Wow.
Delaware libraries have had them for quite a while, in City of Wilmington for some years, actually. Talked with one in New Castle County day before yesterday.
To keep the bums out ?
Probably to keep you from complaining about the bums...they have rights, ya know. [/s]
Weird story all around. Followup should be interesting.
“It’s not good practice to do that.”
I guess not.
And where was the sign that read “Do not shoot the librarians”?
Noisy day at the library.
Would these vermin downplay the event with bureaucratic mush-speak if a someone accidentally shot one of them in a training exercise?
Wasn’t there another story recently just like this, where someone got shot and killed during a police training session?
Negligent discharge.
They’ll find some way to blame it on the deceased.
Sundaes need gravy, y’all. /s
At the time, the group was attending ASP baton training.
https://www.asp-usa.com/pages/training-programs
Armament Systems and Procedures = ASP
Why was the pistol out of the holster?
The same sort of thing happened just south of me in Florida six years ago.
The cop served no jail time. None. Remember, folks, these are the 'pros' the media are always talking about.
I think he was just sentenced.
I’ve said it on FR many times and I’ll say it again - the last place I want to be is around cops with guns particularly at the range or training. If I see them come into my local range I packed my stuff up and leave. It’s a safety thing, not a I hate cops thing!
End of class.
Most likely the student asked for one more demonstration.
Trainer had already packed up.
Put his loaded gun back on. Forgot it was a loaded weapon.
That scenario has happen more then once. That why safety protocols have been adopted.
Obviously he didn’t follow them.
If it was in the library, did they use a silencer?
On the libraries have cops thing...
https://bookriot.com/why-police-shouldnt-be-in-libraries/
Why did the gun have live ammo?
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