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Results of an accidental shooting

A lot of folks will argue that there is no such thing as an ýA/Dý or ýaccidental discharge.ý There is only an ýN/Dý or ýnegligent discharge.ý Accident or negligence, a mishap at the Tinseltown theater complex in Louisville resulted in an injury to a woman at the theater and a wanton endangerment conviction for the man whose pocket pistol went off.

William Newland was waiting in a line at the Tinseltown USA movie theater June 30, 2000, when a handgun in his pocket went off. The bullet ricocheted off the floor and hit a woman in her upper thigh, where it remains lodged to this day. Newland was originally charged with a second-degree felony assault, but the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor count of endangerment.

I was actually on-scene when this happened, or nearly so; I arrived at the theater a half-hour afterwards and wondered what all the police cars were there for.

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