Special Agent Accidentally Shoots Himself at Police Academy Gun Range
Transported to Jersey Shore for treatment of a gunshot wound to the foot.
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Update, 3:10 p.m.: Bill Quinn, a spokesman for the New Jersey Treasury Department identified the Special Agent Trainee as Steven Raimondo who had worked as a civil investigator with the Division of Taxation for 12 years. Quinn said Raimondo began training for his new position four months ago.
Quinn said Raimondo is expected to recover from his injuries and be able to return to work.
Update, 1:45 p.m.: An initial report by the Howell Police Department indicated the individual shot was a recruit. Subsequent information from the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office stated the man was a special agent.
A special agent of the New Jersey Department of Treasury is being treated at a local hospital after accidentally shooting himself during training at the Monmouth County Police Academy Firearms Training Facility.
Capt. Andy Kudrick of the Howell Police Department said the 41-year-old man was taking part in firearms familiarization training when his firearm discharged. A press release from the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office said the gun was a 9mm handgun.
According to the press release there were two shooters and two instructors on the range at the time of the incident. An EMT was also on the scene and responded to the incident.
The man was then taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he was treated for what is believed to be a non life threatening a gunshot wound to the left foot.
The incident is being investigated by the Howell Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.
AJM
1:43 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
What a maroon
Harry B
4:19 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
A maroon? I don't think so. Haematic, perhaps.
T Jay
10:15 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Try spell check.Moron!
AJM
1:56 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
T JAY...the word is MAROON...maybe you are the moron for not paying more attention in school...LOL
Jerseybrat
1:56 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Since I read somewhere else that the injuries are minor I would like to say this " I love when I can LMAO over a shooting story"!
Duane
1:58 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Great - now cops will be banned from having guns
Tom
2:03 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thats to bad, but it's a good thing it happened during "TRAINING" and not in the field.
Maureen Fitzgerald
2:03 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Not a moron necessarily. I've seen a lot of veteran police officers do the same thing (and yes, it was laughable once determined no one was seriously hurt). Guns are serious business.
Richard
2:10 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
He is very "special"
NJarhead
2:11 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
*facepalm*
Ray
2:27 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Statistically, this will be recorded as a firearm related injury. These statistics are in turn used to bolster the arguments for more gun control laws. Law enforcement is always excluded from gun control laws. Pretty convoluted.
NJarhead
7:51 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Yep. Anything to vilify them and their owners.
donald westinghouse
9:35 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Exactly. I totally agree. Taking guns away from us as if we are children and the federal mafia government is our mommy and daddy isn't going to solve anything. I know some people that are against gun ownership are sheltered and have never been in a life threatening situation, so they form an opinion of guns based off of how movies portray them as being scary, and they form their opinions based off of illogical feel-good knee-jerk emotionalism, provoked of course by Obama and the media using shootings and children to tug at the emotional heartstrings of people that lack critical thinking.
Steve Irwin
2:28 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
does he play for the giants
fed up
2:39 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Does he also play for the flyers?
Sal
2:44 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
"41-year-old man was taking part in firearms familiarization training when his firearm discharged." This guy is no kid. At age 41 and in a position as Special Agent in the Taxation Dept. you would expect him to be smart enough not to be pulling the trigger or even have his finger on the tripper___while he is pointing it at anything other than a target at the range. Thank God he was pointing i at his own foot when it discharged and not at anyone else.
AJM
6:30 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Definitely a MAROON! Exactly what sal said! First thing that you are taught is to not touch the trigger and now this careless person will be as Ray said another gunshot statistic. Maybe he needs a new line if work? Perhaps on Obamas cabinet where nobody else knows what they are doing either... Wait at least he hurt himself while Cap Hill is KILLING US!
ray
3:19 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
get your own opinion
Molly Ringwald
7:26 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Division of Taxation! Hope they all shoot themselves in the foot! LOL
charlie
9:52 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Another civil servant out on disability.
Terri Gourley
10:15 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
If you have ever handled a gun you would now how it could happen. Have to feel for the guy, he must feel like an idiot. No need to rub it in....
christine
10:15 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
FAIL!!
Tex
11:52 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Perhaps he has been watching Barney Fife's (sp) marksmanship on the Mayberry reruns?
marcia
11:52 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
He WAS pointing the gun DOWN when not in use which IS protocol, especially when reloading for his next round of shooting. It is POSSIBLE that THE GUN malfunctioned too!!! I have seen several automatics misfire w/o causing an harm (thank G-d) for no apparent reason other than a problem with the firearm. Before we place blame, let's hear the ENTIRE story!
frog wild
9:35 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Proper protocol is to point a gun DOWN RANGE, especially when reloading. Proper protocol is never point a gun at ANYTHING you do not want to shoot. So unless he intended to shoot his foot, he was not following any safety protocol I know of. He didn't point the gun down, he pointed the gun at his foot.
Send this maroon to an NRA Basic Pistol class.
Karenk
3:05 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Why are there ten times more
Posts about this article and hardly any about all the breakins drugs and incidences of child luring and exposing themselves roaming this area over the last Year This is the problem.
People pay more attention to this nonsense reports and less to real issues.
Curious George
9:10 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Perhaps if we issued weapons to those targets, they could defend themselves and let the shooters at the range understand what it's like to be shot at...Oh, maybe that's what really happened.