Guns aren't stupid, People with Guns Are.

An Upper Gwynedd police officer accidentally shot himself during a firearms training Tuesday morning in Hatfield Township, police said.

Sgt. Stephen Gillen was removing his firearm from his holster when he shot a round into his left foot, according to a news release from Hatfield Township Police.

At the time of the incident, Gillen was under the supervision of two certified range instructors.

SPENCER, Okla. —An Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputy suffered an accidental gunshot wound at a metro gun range on Monday.


Spencer Police Chief Virgil Green said the incident happened at the Oklahoma County Gun Range at 4001 North Air Depot Boulevard.

The deputy was shot in the lower extremities, possibly a foot or leg, an Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

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Saltville Police Officer Brian Morris, 25, was injured Tuesday morning when he fell at home while carrying his department handgun and accidently shot himself in the arm.

The accident happened just after Officer Morris got home from his shift, around 5:45 a.m., said Saltville Police Chief Rob Hall.

An employee with the U.S. Marshal's office sustained non-life threatening injuries after an accidental shooting at a Pinellas County Sheriff's shooting range.

Deputies say a firearm was accidentally discharged at the Sheriff's Office Range, 11700 34th St. N. in St. Petersburg.

DENISON, TX -- A shooting that is believed to be accidental sent one man to the hospital, after he apparently shot himself with his own gun inside his truck.

The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. outside the Motel 6 off Old Pottsboro Road and Highway 75. The man was shot in the thigh, according to police Sgt. Paul Neumann.

BEND, Ore. -

A Bend woman was cited on assault and reckless endangering charges Thursday after a loaded .22-caliber Derringer pistol fell out of her pocket during a visit to McDonald’s and it went off, striking her husband in the abdomen and seriously wounding him, police said.

COLUMBUS, Ga. --

A Columbus police recruit was sent to the hospital this morning after accidentally being shot at the Columbus Police Department's firing range.

The male victim is okay and was treated and released from the hospital Thursday.

The incident happened around 8-AM Thursday.

Lake Stevens man cited for shooting neighbor's couch
By Rikki King



No injuries were reported last week after a Lake Stevens man accidentally shot a bullet through a wall into his neighbor's home.

It happened Jan. 30 at an apartment building in the 10200 block of Lundeen Parkway, according to the Lake Stevens police blotters.

Police responded to the 300 block of South First Street in Lander on the report of a 26-year-old man who had apparently accidentally shot himself in the foot while cleaning a .22 caliber gun. He was transported to Lander Regional Hospital for treatment of the wound. Carey said officers later received a call concerned for the man’s welfare after he had been released from the hospital. Officers made contact with man a second time and he was taken to LRH on a Title 25 admission for observation so as not to harm himself again.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. —

Police are investigation what they said was an accidental shooting that happened inside a business Thursday afternoon on Lohman Avenue.

Around 12:30 p.m., an 18-year-old employee of Pool Tech Pools and Spas was handling a .40 caliber handgun while he was inside the store, police said.

Police said the handgun accidentally discharged and struck the employee in the upper-right thigh.

BREAKING: Accidental Shooting at U of A Campus Radio Station


FAYETTEVILLE-- On the same day of a university gun forum, Fayetteville police have confirmed that someone accidentally shot themselves near campus radio station, KUAF.

Bryce Brentz 'lucky' to be OK

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Bryce Brentz accidentally shot himself in
the leg while cleaning a handgun two weeks ago, general manager Ben Cherington said Saturday.

The bullet went into Brentz's left leg and out the other side, according to Cherington. The 24-year-old
Brentz, who was a nonroster invitee to big league camp, was "lucky" not to have suffered a more
significant injury, the GM said.

"He was at home cleaning a gun, and it accidentally went off,'' Cherington said. "Fortunately for him,
it's something he's going to recover from and be fine, and it won't affect his baseball career.

"I guess you could say he got lucky relative to what happened. I think he understands he got lucky.
It's a serious thing, and he has to be careful. He's here in Fort Myers and he's recovering and it's not
going to get in the way of his future, but he won't be in big league camp."

HORIZON CITY — A man was taken to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg on Saturday afternoon.

It happened at the man's home on Mineral Ct. at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

In Preston County, one boy is in the hospital after he was shot in his left arm and left leg, after another juvenile accidentally dropped a firearm and it discharged.

According to a press release, one boy was 11 years old and the other was 14 years old. They were both left home alone with a loaded firearm.

Police say the 3-year-old boy who was accidentally shot died at about 8:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. Detectives have charged 21-year-old Nicholas D. Barbee with second-degree manslaughter. Police say Barbee is the mother's boyfriend.