Child shot in head by off duty cop during school demo

Fox news

[inflorida]

This just reported on Fox news. A 10 year old child in Pennsylvania was accidentally shot in the head during a school demonstration by an off-duty cop.
The child is expected to survive.

[Lazamataz]

had a close friend, named Sturm... he was a Blue Steel Gun, the only one in a town full of Black Guns... Every time there was an incident, the cops came looking for him. He was being profiled based on the color of his Finish... The racist gov't persecuted him mercilessly, the media was always referring to him as 'ugly' and 'evil'... finally, one day, he went postal and killed 15 people at a small cafe in town, then committed suicide...

You think thats bad! I heard of this one human being who carried a wayward shotgun into a business and began shooting everyone he saw. Well, the cops finally arried and took the gun from the perp. Naturally, however, the minute the cop grabbed the gun, the Evil Juices of Horror flowed from the gun into the cop, and the cop began shooting at every other cop he could get at!! You just know how those guns cause people to shoot other people!!!

[connectthedots]

Maybe; maybe not. See my post #149. Can't always belief what the manufacturer tells you.

[Mo1]

Ok .. the update they are saying is .. when she was putting it away and it slipped and discharged ... ?????

The boy was hit in the cheek and should be released soon

[archy]

From Philly TV 10 [CBS]

Student grazed by bullet during school

February 6, 2002

A 10-year-old boy was grazed in the head by a bullet discharged while an off-duty police officer conducted an in-class demonstration Wednesday, police said.

PHILADELPHIA - The child, who was not identified, was believed to be in good condition, said Temple University Children's Hospital spokesman Andy Smith.

The incident occurred at 2:46 p.m. at the Imani Education Circle Charter School in the city's Oak Lane section, said Sgt. Roland Lee.

He said the officer involved, whom he would not name, was a woman who joined the department in 1996.

"I'm not sure what kind of demonstration it was," Lee said. Officers conducting programs in schools might carry a gun, but shouldn't pull it out, Lee said.

The telephone at the school was busy and administrators could not be reached for comment.

The charter school is run by a community board of directors.

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[1L]

The first friggin' thing you learn is to never point a gun at anyone, loaded or not, in a non-defense situation.

True, and the second thing you learn (or should learn) is to keep your *&%$ finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.

[Redcloak]

Some cops should not be allowed near weapons. I've heard stories about some these bozos that would curl your toenails.

[zarf]

handgun safety 101.....it's fu**ing incredible this crap happens!

[AAABEST]

All the Glock owners will be here soon to tell us how the Glock is a perfectly safe design and they haven't accidentally shot anybody since last year. D00d, you're speaking with forked tongue. Since you want to inject flawed facts into a debate, show me a documented incident where a Glock went off without the trigger being pulled. You won't find it.

Stories about guys who shoot themselves in the nads and then say "it just went off" don't count.

Thanks in advance for not being able to back up your argument and announcing your ignorance to the forum.

[ez]

"A 10-year-old boy is being treated at Temple University Children's Medical Center for a graze wound to the head.

Inches from death. Thank God this boy is still alive.

[Ajnin]

I'm more conerned about weapons handling in general. For instance, all our officers are issued M4 machine guns. Our agency requires officers to shoot at a target 50 yards away in 3 different positions in semi and full auto. There is no instruction on ballistics, sighting, tactics or any other training associated with operating an assault rifle. Those who are truly competent have either had military experience or take it upon themselves to train.

I can walk through my station and find numerous officers with immaculate weapons because they are only used for quarterly service qualification. There's only a handful of us that actually care about being experts in this particular portion of our job. Ignorance will not only get myself killed, it could also get an innocent person killed. I know with out a doubt that most of our officer's don't know that a bullet from their sidearms can punch through one person and go into another. They believe that because they are using hollow points the bullet will expand and remain in the first target. This isn't always the case and unless they do the research they will never know about the possibility of injuring an innocent person. I guess my point is that there seems to be a lackadaisical attitude with many leo's about being profficient with their weapons.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I've heard of that happening. I was reading in a magazine (it's a hard-to-find European one) called International Journal of Socialist Medicine that discussed that phenomenon in detail, with a few case studies... Basically, it's a deadly virus that spreads when people share guns, called Gunitis Evilus.

Gunitis Evilus occurs in nature, among the free-roaming herds of The Wild Guns of Navarone, and can quickly spread to the human population... it's a scary disease, let me tell you...

[Feiny]

You must be a real moron if you think that the Glock is a badly designed gun. You can bury a glock in mud...come back 2 years later...dig it up...wipe it off...and it will shoot just fine. Try that with a 1911! (I love my mans 1911, but in a panic situation I don't need to be fooling around with double safetys)

[kidao35]

What's wrong with Glocks is occasionally idiots handle them. This one needs to be sent to every anti-gun group that wants guns to be the exclusive right of the police "for the children".

[Mark17]

It's crap like this (stupidity) that gives gun owners a bad rep. The first friggin' thing you learn is to never point a gun at anyone, loaded or not, in a non-defense situation.

Exactly right. Never point a gun, loaded or otherwise, at anyone you do not intend to shoot. This stuff really does give us all a bad name.

[toupsie]

He said the officer involved, whom he would not name, was a woman who joined the department in 1996.

No comment.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, luckily the kid survived and will be ok... the cop, should be punished for negligence of some type (after a hearing or whatever...) but most likely, she will end up being assigned to the FBI's HRT or the BATF...

[Shooter 2.5]

Thank you for posting Col. Jeff Cooper's four rules of gun Safety. I don't know why people have to add, subtract or amend such a simple set of rules. That goes for his color codes too.

My favorite story of a cop's ND was the one where the police officer entered the bathroom stall and hung the Glock on the door hook. It emptied the mag without hitting anyone.

[AAABEST]

I never said they did - but - their design, combined with the relative lack of firearm experience exhibited by the typical LEO, has been a contributing factor to a lot of negligent discharges.

I, like many others, feel an external safety, combined with a heavier trigger pull, would go a long way in preventing the "accidental" shootings.

There you go, facts and critical thinking. Negligent discharge is the keyword. Unlike some who contend the things fire themsleves.

[harpseal]

First, this goes to the police issues list Donut Watch.

Now the simple fact is FEDS are not immune from firearms accidents. There have been too many. Although not technically a firearms accident there was an FBI agent in Buffalo, I think, that accidently set off a flash bang grenade in his office and injured himself.

Now I have a question for you what are the FBI Special weapons and Resonse teams called. This is not a test but a friend is doing a book and my contact with the Beureau is away on training right now so I can not ask?

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