"I'm Hit!"

Update On Police Chief Who Shot Self In Foot While Giving Safety Class:

Students claim police chief who shot himself was careless

RIVERDALE, Utah - "The police chief who shot himself in the ankle was waving a loaded pistol and being careless, according to two students who were attending his class to qualify for a concealed-weapons permit. "We were told the gun is the chief's personal sidearm, but it looked to me like he didn't know anything about the gun," Lewis Walker said.

Bart Ulm, another student seeking certification to carry a concealed weapon, said he was surprised Chief Dave Hansen was using a loaded gun to show how it worked.

"Right then, I was very leery, because there's no need to have live ammo in a gun in the class. But I figured he's the chief, so he must know what he's doing," Ulm told the Standard-Examiner of Ogden.

Hansen held the Glock 40 under a table to disassemble it when a bullet fired, Walker said.

The chief cried, "I'm hit," and fell over. Students who were screaming "Officer down!" were urged to call 911.

The gun went off in a conference room Saturday at Riverdale police headquarters."

As Hyunchback so aptly points out, the sloppy media reported the weapon to be a GLOCK 40 instead of a GLOCK 23 in .40 caliber, but they probably got their scoop from LE, and hell...its not like there's some internet or anything to go and verify stuff.

I'm glad the Chief is okay and all but the mental picture is simply too funny.

"I'm Hit"!

THUD

"Ah shit. Someone, anyone, please make sure I get home safe tonight..."