A retired Ohio Border Patrol veteran rehired under Kristi Noem’s chaotic recruitment drive fired his Glock through a hotel wall in Minnesota.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42502544

A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.

  • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    2 days ago

    His (Bradley Shaver, 53, an Ohio-based Border Patrol veteran who retired in 2023 but was rehired) weapon is a Glock 19. As others have pointed out in other discussions, the safety on a Glock 19 is on the trigger, so there’s no way this weapon could have discharged without his finger on the trigger. Negligence like this should be criminal.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      Pulling the trigger to release the hammer is step 2 in the manufacturers instructions for how to remove the slide on a Glock 19.

      Step 1, however, is to remove the magazine and clear the chamber.