Cop accidentally shoots gun
From the LAPD blog:
A police officer's weapon accidently discharged while attempting to pull over a vehicle with armed suspects inside on May 26, 2008.The incident unfolded at around 6:30 p.m., when an undercover police unit working a detail to apprehend career criminals was conducting surveillance on an armed and dangerous vehicle in the 9000 block of Telfair Avenue, in Pacoima. The plain clothes unit needed uniformed officers to make the stop and summoned for a patrol unit.
After the suspect's vehicle turned into a driveway of a nearby home, Officer Claudia Avila and her partner pulled behind them exited the vehicle and drew their weapons to conduct a high-risk stop. While holding her duty weapon with her right hand, Officer Avila attempted to put the vehicle in park with her left hand and accidently discharged her weapon.
Neither the officers nor the suspects were injured. Both suspects were taken into custody and charged for a crime unrelated to the officer involved shooting.
Force Investigation Division will handle the incident. Officer Avila has been with the Department for two years and one month.
This police woman is incompetent--and has no place playing GI Jane. First until she was actually leaving the car there was no need for her to have a gun in hand. Second even with gun in hand there was no need to discharge the weapon. I'll assume this discharge was unintentional--but it was no accident--it was done because of extreme incompetence.