Video: Officer Grabs Gun Instead Of Taser, Shoots Suspect

By Tom Knighton

Training is a very important thing for law enforcement, but sometimes it seems that there’s just not enough of the right kind of training. Police are placed in tough situations on a regular basis, and a single mistake can be devastating for everyone involved.

Kind of like the situation that recently happened in Georgia.

According to a video released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Baldwin County Deputy Charles Gillis shot an 18-year-old in the arm when the officer mistakenly drew his service weapon instead of his Taser.

Gillis was at the scene of a domestic disturbance between a mother and her son when the incident occurred. The mother called police to report the disturbance after her son struck her in the face, according to The Union-Recorder.

In the video, officers can be seen congregating around the suspect who began resisting them.

One of the officers shouted, “Taser, Taser!” but in a split second, Gillis realized that he’d pulled his gun and shot the young man in the arm instead of using his Taser on the suspect.

Gillis was visibly upset by what happened, yelling, “Oh my God! God dang it!”

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Gillis was placed on paid …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms