Border Patrol pilot won't face criminal charges in shooting

[WhiteFeather]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...ilot05-on.html

Border Patrol pilot won't face criminal charges in shooting
Associated Press
Mar. 5, 2008 06:08 AM

TUCSON- A Customs and Border Protection pilot who shot a contract worker in the abdomen won't be facing criminal charges, a Tucson police report said.

The internal investigation by the Border Patrol into whether the pilot followed agency procedure had not been completed Tuesday, Border Patrol spokesman Agent Mike Scioli said.

The pilot has not been identified and won't be before the investigation is complete, he said

The criminal investigation revealed that the pilot was showing a new personal gun, a Colt .45-caliber pistol, to a co-worker when it discharged Feb. 18 at the headquarters of Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine branch near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson police said.

The pilot, in his account to police, said he pulled back the slide to check the chamber but didn't see a round inside. "He didn't remove the magazine before checking the chamber," the police report said.

The pilot said he let the action go forward, then depressed the trigger to decock the pistol, according to the report. The hammer slipped and the gun went off, sending a bullet through a map stuck to the pilot's cubicle, through the west wall of the open work area and into the building's briefing room, the report said.

The pilot heard screaming and immediately called 911, according to the report.

The wounded man was identified as Rick Dorsey, 51, a contract worker from Virginia who was in Tucson developing training scenarios for the agency, the report said.

Dorsey was working on training files when the bullet smashed through the wall and struck him, it said.

Dorsey was taken to University Medical Center and discharged the same day, the report said.

[KeithPA]

The wounded man was identified as Rick Dorsey, 51, a contract worker from Virginia who was in Tucson developing training scenarios for the agency, the report said.

I bet he can think of a couple good ones!

[gnbrotz]

Sounds about par for the course:

Have a negligent discharge and have absolutely no repercussions, discharge your firearm defending the country's border from drug dealers and wind up in jail.

[WhiteFeather]

Sounds about par for the course:

Have a negligent discharge and have absolutely no repercussions, discharge your firearm defending the country's border from drug dealers and wind up in jail.

My feeling exactly, If anyone else brought their own firearm to work with a negligent discharge, anyone want to bet you wouldn't get the same treatment?