Firearm accidentally discharged at Jasper doctor’s office parking lot
UPDATE: Jasper police are reporting the shooting that occurred at the Jasper Obgyn parking lot on Dorbett Street was an accident.
Police say the accident occurred at about 12:35 while 22-year-old Nicholas W. Durnil, Washington, was waiting in the parking lot. He was wiping down a .40-caliber Glock handgun when it accidentally discharged sending a bullet into his left thigh.
Durnil was treated by doctors on scene and then transported in a personal vehicle to Memorial Hospital. No charges are anticipated.[hr]
Original: Jasper police are investigating what is being reported as an accidental shooting at Jasper OBGYN office on Dorbett Street.
Initial reports state the accidental discharge occurred at about 12:50 p.m. while a man was cleaning a .40-caliber handgun in a car in the parking lot. The bullet struck the man in his leg and he has been transported to Memorial Hospital. His condition is unknown at this time.
We will update as more information is made available.
Not too many functioning brain cells in his head. You never clean a loaded gun, ever. It’s one of the most important rules in safe gun handling. People like this give gun owners a bad reputation.
Amen. It never ceases to amaze me how this sort of “accident” occurs – many with tragic results. That the gun was being “cleaned” seems suspect – they always use this excuse or that of “showing it” to someone or other such mindless action. The story doesn’t say if this guy had a carry permit, but if not and in addition to being charged appropriately, he should be barred from obtaining one for at least a year if a first offense and assuming still eligible, until he submits clear evidence of subsequent firearms training. If he did have a permit, he should forfeit it under the same criteria – and maybe this or a similar law is already in place.
Is a lack of common sense but could be just that.
Keep your booger-picker off of the boom-switch