A police officer blasted off his index finger after he shot his own hand with a loaded gun.
The Kentucky cop was visiting a gun shop and examining their selection of weapons when the clerk offered him the .380 caliber handgun to test out.
Wearing his police uniform, Officer Darrell Smith examines the gun, oblivious to the fact it is actually loaded.
He cocked the weapon which then fired, blasting off part of Smith's left index finger.
According to WBKO-TV, the officer has now filed a lawsuit against the store, after the incident occurred back in March.
The Kentucky cop was visiting a gun shop and examining their selection of weapons when the clerk offered him the .380 caliber handgun to test out.
Wearing his police uniform, Officer Darrell Smith examines the gun, oblivious to the fact it is actually loaded.
He cocked the weapon which then fired, blasting off part of Smith's left index finger.
According to WBKO-TV, the officer has now filed a lawsuit against the store, after the incident occurred back in March.
His attorney, Alan Simpson told : "He's permanently disfigured, he went through a lot of pain and suffering.
"He's gone through several surgeries. He's got a lot of medical bills that have to be paid. It ended his career and he's going to have a lot of lost income."
“Under no circumstances should they have had a loaded weapon in a display case to start with,” Simpson said. “The first problem clearly is that whenever this gun was brought into their inventory, they never checked the weapon.
And right before they handed it to Mr. Smith, they obviously never checked the weapon a second time.”
Source : Mirror , Washington Post , WBKO
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