Results of an accidental shooting

A lot of folks will argue that there is no such thing as an ıA/Dı or ıaccidental discharge.ı There is only an ıN/Dı or ınegligent discharge.ı 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.

Posted on 2002-09-17 05:31:03.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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