Dancing FBI agent drops gun during backflip and shoots man in leg

[Dalit]

An off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot a bystander in the leg when his gun fell from its holster as he cavorted on the dance-floor of a bar in Denver, Colorado, police said.

Video widely shared on Twitter shows the agent strutting his stuff and then performing a backflip.

The gun falls to the floor and, as the agent goes to grab it, fires a shot.

The fellow customer hit by the bullet was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

It is unclear if the agent, who has not been named, will face charges or disciplinary action.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1003084052226822153

The video shows that his wild moves on the dance-floor had attracted an appreciative crowd at the Mile High Spirits and Distillery bar on Saturday night.

But the mood quickly changed when the gun went off. As shocked patrons look on, the agent retrieves his weapon, holds up his hands and leaves the floor.

Denver Police Department said the agent "was dancing at a nightclub when his firearm became dislodged from its waistband holster and fell on to the floor. When the agent retrieved his handgun an unintended discharge occurred".

The statement added: "The victim was transported to the hospital with a good prognosis."

Police spokeswoman Marika Putnam said the agent was taken to a police station and later released to an FBI supervisor.

The Denver District Attorney's office said the incident remained under investigation.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44349521

 

[war&peace]

Wow...he is so professional...should get congressional award for bravery and professionalism.

 

[Hamza913]

Dumbass.

 

[TexasJohn]

Darwin awards candidate!

 

[Corona]

It's one thing to take your gun to a dance party, but what kind of idiot starts dancing with a round in the chamber?

 

[fitpOsitive]

An off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot a bystander in the leg when his gun fell from its holster as he cavorted on the dance-floor of a bar in Denver, Colorado, police said.

Video widely shared on Twitter shows the agent strutting his stuff and then performing a backflip.

The gun falls to the floor and, as the agent goes to grab it, fires a shot.

The fellow customer hit by the bullet was taken to hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

It is unclear if the agent, who has not been named, will face charges or disciplinary action.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1003084052226822153

The video shows that his wild moves on the dance-floor had attracted an appreciative crowd at the Mile High Spirits and Distillery bar on Saturday night.

But the mood quickly changed when the gun went off. As shocked patrons look on, the agent retrieves his weapon, holds up his hands and leaves the floor.

Denver Police Department said the agent "was dancing at a nightclub when his firearm became dislodged from its waistband holster and fell on to the floor. When the agent retrieved his handgun an unintended discharge occurred".

The statement added: "The victim was transported to the hospital with a good prognosis."

Police spokeswoman Marika Putnam said the agent was taken to a police station and later released to an FBI supervisor.

The Denver District Attorney's office said the incident remained under investigation.

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Apparantly loaded guns fire, when they fall. This is second video of this kind that I viewed.

 

[Cookie Monster]

It's one thing to take your gun to a dance party, but what kind of idiot starts dancing with a round in the chamber?

...and with safety off

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Even if he did kill anyone he would just pay 4 cents

 

[Vassnti]

Darwin awards candidate!

Would only be up for a Darwin award if he had shot himself. Possibly up for the desk job for life award though.

You might be able to explain why he was armed for me Texas, I though open carry was allowed with permit in Colorado with the exception of Denver? If the reason was FBI on duty what was he doing dancing in a bar?

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Darwin awards candidate!

Walking around with the safety off...He must think he's James Bond.

 

[newb3e]

this man deserves recognition a nobel maybe! nobel for art and weaponary

 

[TexasJohn]

Would only be up for a Darwin award if he had shot himself. Possibly up for the desk job for life award though.

You might be able to explain why he was armed for me Texas, I though open carry was allowed with permit in Colorado with the exception of Denver? If the reason was FBI on duty what was he doing dancing in a bar?

All peace officers are allowed / required to carry ( depending on situation) even off-duty - in Texas anyway. Open carry is permitted in most of Colorado, but this clown was clearly not in control of his firearm anyway. Local cops can't arrest him as he is a Federal agent and so they handed him over to the Feds.

That said, a good portion of the population is less than impressed by the FBI nowadays. Given the number of mass shooters that were known to them before hand and on their "watch list" speaks volumes about their incompetence.
Their primary task is law enforcement and in that they have failed miserably.

Perhaps if they focused on their job rather than politics, they might earn the respect of the populace. Just my two cents worth.

 

[Feng Leng]

Years of undercover work against the square dance mafia blown because one agent flipped like a rat!

 

[Sine Nomine]

That Gun must be from SIG.

 

[jhungary]

Would only be up for a Darwin award if he had shot himself. Possibly up for the desk job for life award though.

You might be able to explain why he was armed for me Texas, I though open carry was allowed with permit in Colorado with the exception of Denver? If the reason was FBI on duty what was he doing dancing in a bar?

All federal agent are required to carry his service firearms (Not just their sidearm) even when they are off duty, they don't do what normal cop do, which is go down to the armoury to check in/out their weapon, only if they need special weapon (such as grenade launcher and/or assault rifle) And if you are a SWAT member with in the Feds (Such as FBI HRT or BATF SWAT) you are required to carry your standard weapon (AR, Pistol and anything you qualified) at all time in car or in person even if you are off duty.

So if I am a FBI and I cam qualified for shotgun and pistol, I will have my shotgun in my boot of my car and my sidearm on me everywhere and anytime, on or off duty.

All peace officers are allowed / required to carry ( depending on situation) even off-duty - in Texas anyway. Open carry is permitted in most of Colorado, but this clown was clearly not in control of his firearm anyway. Local cops can't arrest him as he is a Federal agent and so they handed him over to the Feds.

That said, a good portion of the population is less than impressed by the FBI nowadays. Given the number of mass shooters that were known to them before hand and on their "watch list" speaks volumes about their incompetence.
Their primary task is law enforcement and in that they have failed miserably.

Perhaps if they focused on their job rather than politics, they might earn the respect of the populace. Just my two cents worth.

The problem is not with the FBI, or rather not just with the FBI but all Federal Agency currently in the United States. The Fed is lacking a clear direction/communication with local law enforcement.

On the other hand, Local LEA unwilling to share jurisdiction and suspicion on the Fed are another issue that cannot be ignored.

Take Mass Shooting incident as an example. What the FBI can do is gather data (or in the field we called "Passive Intelligence") provided by BATF or other Federal/Local LEA and put high risk individual/organisation into a watch list, and like its name suggested, they can only watch, they can't talk to or question these individual or organisation, nor do the fed able to arrest or even apply for a search warrant to these individual/organisation to find evidence so they can be arrested. Because FBI do not have the jurisdiction to do so unless that individual/organisation crossed the line and becoming a terrorist or terrorist organisation, or literally cross the state line and committed a crime, then they will become FBI jurisdiction.

The best the FBI can do is to give Local LEA a All Point Bulletin (APB) if he/she is deemed dangerous or a Service Brief which go by every month and raise point on these subject, and to further the complication, FBI is not allow to share sensitive information to Local LEA which mean if the person is not deemed dangerous, the most FBI can tell local agency is that "Be on look out with this guy, he is about to do something bad in your state/jurisdiction" on the weekly briefing.

Local LEA, however, do not have the intelligence resource the federal government have, but they are the one that have to do most of the work. On the other hand, most of the time if and when there is a federal briefing, the most they will get is a list of people in your state/city you need to watch out for, and for what? They don't know, and the Fed won't tell them. And most of these are hit and missed (It could be just be a normal guy buying some item that cross the Fed threshold and have no idea what he is doing, or it can be the next ted bundy gearing up for the kill). At the end of the day, Local LEA don't have enough resource to put a detail investigation on everyone in their list, and that is how these people get away with being noticed. And when these people committed their crime the Fed predicted, you will see they are in their list and nothing is being done by the Fed and Local LEA.

This, is the problem and unless we can change how Federal/State/Local law enforcement works, it will always be the same.