Do you think the cop will be charged with manslaughter? He probably won’t even lose his job or his gold plated pension.
Florida mother, 73, is accidentally shot and killed by a cop in front of 34 people during role play exercise after officer playing a ‘bad guy’ loaded live rounds into the gun instead of blanks
Florida mother has been accidentally shot and killed by a police officer in front of 34 people during during a role play exercise teaching residents when not to shoot.
Librarian Mary Knowlton, 73, was taking part in a role-playing scenario Tuesday when she was ‘mistakenly struck with a live round’ in Punta Gorda, Florida.
Police Chief Tom Lewis says she was chosen randomly from the group for a ‘shoot/don’t shoot’ simulation during the Citizen Police Academy at the station headquarters.
The officer, who was playing the role of a ‘bad guy’, was supposed to fire blanks at the ‘victim’ Knowlton, but live rounds were loaded in the gun instead.
Mary Knowlton (pictured), 73, was taking part in a role-playing scenario Tuesday when she was ‘mistakenly struck with a live round’ and killed in Punta Gorda, Florida, on Tuesday night