Reno police officer Thomas Kirby is counting his blessings, and all 10 of his fingers, after a shooting mishap June 20.
“During an examination of a new duty handgun, the weapon accidentally discharged, grazing his right pinky finger,” Public Safety Director Joe Polino said. “Officer Kirby was treated and released at JPS Hospital in Fort Worth.”
Kirby, a patrolman, returned to work the following day.
-- Lance Winter
Like Reno 911, almost.
Posted by: Josef Stalino | June 23, 2011 at 09:18 PM
Negligent discharge...not an accident. he was negligent while handling a loaded weapon.
Posted by: Denny | June 23, 2011 at 10:25 PM
Reno 911!
Posted by: Javier Moreno | June 24, 2011 at 02:18 PM
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Which means only those of this suposedly unbaised report choose not to censor. You ever wonder why NOBODY post comments on your stories, heres your sign!
Posted by: RWLEAP | June 24, 2011 at 02:19 PM
Quick, somebody take Barney's bullets away.
Posted by: Notch Johnson | June 25, 2011 at 06:43 AM
someone needs some 'refresher' training on handling weapons it seems...
Posted by: BartD613 | June 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Where is the bias in the 4 sentences we can all read?
Posted by: Denny | June 25, 2011 at 07:27 PM
@ Denny: 100% correct on your part. One of the first things I was taught in the police academy was to unload the weapon FIRST and then check it again to make sure it was unloaded before cleaning, inspecting, or doing anything else to it. Both this officer and his FTO should be punished for this mishap. Otherwise poor the poor training and habits will continue.
Posted by: John Q | June 26, 2011 at 07:58 AM
And he returned to duty the next day?? Really?? Perhaps he should have been re-trained on how to use a gun! I guess the small backwoods town of Reno really needed him. He's probably one of 2 cops in that town. Hope I don't ever need the assistance of the Reno police department unless I'm in Nevada.
Posted by: Mike | June 27, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Why is this article lingering on the lower middle front page since June 23rd?
Let the article regarding the 15 year old child pimped by the adult remain on the front page - remind us of ourselves. Maybe we can strive to be something better.
Posted by: jma | July 05, 2011 at 08:12 AM
Its been lingering on just to let us know how dumb law enforcement are
Posted by: vale | July 08, 2011 at 04:41 PM
FWST reports a non-local, non-newsworthy incident three days AFTER it happened & now, 18 days later, it is STILL front page online? What a joke of a newspaper ...
Posted by: JKF | July 08, 2011 at 06:23 PM