Students Fear Mass Shooter After School Cop Fires Gun In Cafeteria
May 4, 2019 in News by RBN Staff
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
By Matt Agorist
Wesley Chapel, FL — Imagine for a moment that you were carrying a pistol in a public space and all of the sudden, you accidentally fire off a round. Now, imagine if this place was a school.
There are two possible scenarios that would take place; the first one being that police return fire and you are killed. The second, less lethal result would be your inevitable arrest and charges of public endangerment, unlawful discharge, illegal use of a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon, terrorism, or a myriad of other infractions associated with sending a deadly projectile hurling through a space occupied by innocent children. You would immediately be facing fines, jail time, probation, and firearms restrictions.
However, if you are a government agent who’s trusted with carrying a deadly weapon into places others cannot, you needn’t worry about any of those repercussions. The scenario below just so happens to prove it.
A school resource officer at Weightman Middle School in Wesley Chapel, Florida did just that, and fired his gun in the school’s cafeteria this week.
As WFLA reports, the officer, who was not named by the sheriff’s office, was “leaning against the wall when his holstered, duty-issued firearm incidentally discharged into the wall behind him,” deputies say. There were no injuries to students, staff or the school resource officer.
“We’d like to reiterate that the weapon discharged directly into the wall and no students were in danger,” the sheriff’s office spokeswoman said in a statement.
“When I first heard the gunshot…I was like what if there is a school shooting and this is where I die?” 6th grader Chanel Patel said.
“I grab my tray he’s right here and BOOM, it happened,” 8th grader Madison Lane described. “It scared me so bad I dropped my tray!”
“It just really scared me because it was so loud,” she added.
Police are now attempting to claim that the gun “just went off” without the deputy doing anything to cause it.
“There are a number of features on the threat level 3 holsters that we carry with our firearms, so there are a number of dynamic factors that are involved with fine motor skills functions that would cause that to happen,” Lt. Troy Ferguson with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office said. “So we have to really kind of dissect that.”
