Federal Agent Responsible for Accidental Discharge at Orlando International Airport

By Jenn Jacques

You know, we joke about how armed citizens are more trained than those “authorized” to carry…

An accidental discharge from a firearm prompted a scare at the Orlando International Airport Tuesday morning, but what’s really scary is where it came from.

Police said at approximately 11:20 a.m., an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wearing plainclothes as he was on vacation, was in the process of boarding a flight when he dropped his gun in the security checkpoint area and grabbed its trigger as it was heading for the floor.

A Witness shared this pic says federal agent is in the wheelchair. @OrlandoPolice says he accidentally shot himself in the heel @WFTV pic.twitter.com/gKD2JcqZD3

— Cierra Putman WFTV (@CPutman_WFTV) August 1, 2017

WFTV reports:

Police said while unslinging a shoulder bag, the bag caught the agent’s holstered weapon, and as the agent tried to catch it, the trigger was pulled.

The agent was struck in the heel and treated at the scene, but was then taken to the hospital as a precaution.

No other injuries were reported.

“I was standing about 10 feet away and all of a sudden I heard the gun go off,” …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms