NEIGHBOR SHOT BY DEPUTIES DURING RANCHO CORDOVA STANDOFF
Cordova, Ca (9-11-15) A man who held a cellphone out of his garage door to see what was happening during a police standoff in Rancho Cordova was shot and injured by Sacramento sheriff's deputies.
As a SWAT team was trying to apprehend Ben Ledford, 62, for firing a machine gun across the street, authorities said they saw another man in the neighboring home go out to the edge of the garage and extend his arm with an object in it.
Sanchez's father John "Sonny" Sanchez said the object was a cellphone and his son was trying to videotape the arrest of Ledford, when he was shot in the leg.
“He was yelling, 'Dad I’m shot, I’m shot,' so I grabbed him inside and closed the garage door. I put a tourniquet around his leg and a clean towel," John Sanchez said.
Sanchez pointed out four bullet holes in his garage and several more in his car.
“You can see how many shots they did: one, two three, four -- shooting at my son with a cell phone. C’mon that’s ridiculous," Sanchez said.
“I think it’s reasonable to think that the officers perceived an immediate threat either to themselves or continued threat to that individual,” said Sgt. Jason Ramos, of the Sacramento County Sheriff's department.
http://www.kcra.com/news/neighbor-shot-by-deputies-during-rancho-cordova-standoff/35230010
UPDATE TEEN DIES AFTER SHOOTING
Peoria, IL (9-11-15) Authorities say the 15-year-old has passed away. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says Demarco Irby, Jr died earlier Friday afternoon at OSF St. Francis Medical Center. The initial autopsy indicates a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Peoria Police say Tuesday's shooting on Starr Street appears to have been accidental.
Witnesses say a 15 year old boy was playing with a handgun when it went off and he was shot once in the head.
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/09/security_guard_accidentally_sh.html
Security guard accidentally shoots self in leg during gun practice
Birmingham Al (9-11-15) A security guard was injured this afternoon when he accidentally shot himself at an indoor practice range.
The shooting happened just after 1:30 p.m. at Security Engineers Inc. in the 1600 block of Third Avenue North. Authorities said the victim shot himself in the leg.
Reporters were asked to leave the property. Mark Quimby, the company's manager of training and firearms instructor, in an email this evening said the security officer had holstered his weapon with his finger properly off the trigger when the gun fired.
"While most accidental gunshot wounds are due to negligence and carelessness, his was due to a faulty primer/powder charge in the cartridge chambered in his weapon," Quimby wrote. "When he attempted to fire, the powder in his cartridge did not properly ignite and therefore the weapon misfired. As he was reholstering, not knowing the gun didn't cycle because other people were shooting at the same time, which is standard protocol for all firing ranges, the powder finally fully ignited and caused the projectile (bullet) to exit the barrel.
"This is called a 'cook off' where a delayed powder ignition delays the firing of the weapon,'' he explained. "They are rare, but do happen. Usually there isn't enough force to allow the projectile to fully exit the barrel."
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/09/security_guard_accidentally_sh.html
MAN SHOOTS SELF IN FOOT, FACES WEAPONS CHARGES
GREEN BROOK, NJ (9-11-15) A South Plainfield man who shot himself in the foot while camping in Piscataway has been charged with a variety of weapons charges.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/jersey-mayhem/2015/09/11/man-shoots-himself-foot-faces-weapons-charges/72071112/
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