Everybody involved in this should be fired https://t.co/kIMetxG5gU
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) April 18, 2016
When it comes to gun safety, the “safety” part is key. Unfortunately, a couple of D.C. police officers reportedly didn’t bother with that bit:
DC Police place officer & sergeant on admin. duty after incident Sat. Officer "dry-fired" empty gun at colleague in meeting, sources say
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) April 18, 2016
#BREAKING: DC police officer "dry-fired" empty gun at colleague during meeting, sources tell @GarrettHaake https://t.co/jCehe6j77e
— WUSA9 (@wusa9) April 18, 2016
More from WUSA:
WASHINGTON – An officer in the Metropolitan Police Department’s first district “dry-fired” an unloaded weapon at the head of another officer during a roll-call meeting on Saturday afternoon, possibly under orders from a sergeant as part of a training exercise, four MPD sources tell WUSA9.
Those sources say a Sergeant later told officers in the room that they had secretly ordered the officer to unload his weapon and then pretend to fire on his colleague as part of a “training exercise” on situational awareness. The officer then pulled the trigger of the unloaded weapon while pointing it at the head of an officer until it audibly clicked, the sources say.
Both the officer who allegedly fired the weapon, and the sergeant who allegedly ordered him to do so have been placed on administrative duties, pending an internal affairs investigation, MPD spokesman Dustin Sternbeck tells WUSA9.
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Holy crap.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/722174225247834112
This is what's known among gun safety instructors as "being dumb as hell." https://t.co/J7K0oHahRt
— CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella) April 18, 2016
As a gun safety instructor, that's putting it lightly. https://t.co/xIhEXbnW7u
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/722174042388574209
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