[Drizzt]

Associated Press Online


January 31, 2003 Friday 3:02 PM Eastern Time

SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS

LENGTH: 177 words

HEADLINE: Tenn. State Employee Accidentally Shot

DATELINE: NASHVILLE, Tenn.

BODY:
A state employee was accidentally shot in the thigh Friday by an off-duty security guard showing his weapon to a hot dog vendor.

Security guard Mark Cawl, 49, who has a permit to carry a handgun, told police he was waiting for a bus to take him to work when he pulled his 9 mm pistol from its holster to show the hot dog seller, according to state Trooper Anthony Davis. "He was showing me the gun and it went off," said the vendor of Mikey's Red Hots hot dog stand, who wouldn't give his name.

Charles Harrison, 56, an assistant to state Comptroller John Morgan, was crossing the street on his way to work when he was struck by the bullet. Harrison is expected to be released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center later in the day after treatment for a wound to his right thigh, hospital spokesman John Howser said.

Police confiscated Cawl's gun but didn't charge the guard because the shooting was classified as accidental, police spokesman Don Aaron said. However, the case file will be submitted to prosecutors for grand jury consideration.

[PATH]

"ACCIDENTAL"!!!! Who was handling the firearm when it discharged? NEGLIGENCE!!! That is what we are talking here. He was showing his firearm to the hot dog man and shot someone?

What a dim bulb! A mall ninja possibly?:rolleyes:

[Greg L]

because the shooting was classified as accidental

Nope, this should certainly be classified as negligent.

Once again "it just went off" :scrutiny: :fire:

Greg

[SJG26]

A glock is my bet.

What a dim-wit

[rock jock]

A HOT DOG vendor!!:p This guy was really trying make a good impression. Perhaps he was hoping to score extra chili. I'll bet he was relating his days in 'Nam.

[Chris Rhines]

I always pull out my gun in public and show it to strangers. Don't the rest of you?

Idiot.

- Chris

[El Tejon]

Golly, Cledus, don't you reckon that thar pistol gon should stay in your holster?:rolleyes:

Always remember Irwin's Fifth Rule of Firearms Safety: "Don't be a friggin' moron!"

I foresee the drab winter skies of the Land of Orange to soon turn legal pad yellow.:D

[PATH]

ROFLMAO! Someone will be going to DisneyWorld, NO?:D

[triggertime]

"A glock is my bet."

You lose. It was a Springfield XD.

[Lancel]

Update:

Victim: released from hospital, expected to be back to work next week.
Negligent guard: DA still ponders charges, at present considers it an accident.
Vendor: some folks ran over to the victim - "I stayed here and served hot dogs; I don't know nothin', I'm just a hot dog guy."

(Vendor stays focused)

[El Tejon]

Hey, wait a minute, is this near Cookville or wherever that doggie case is? They are not happy campers down there.

[Zander]

It was a Springfield XD.Oh...an improved Glock. :cool:

[Gmac]

:D Engage brain prior to handling weapon!!!!!

[Ed Brunner]

What does that little thingy on the trigger do?

[Mike Irwin]

The only "accident" here was by this guys' parents about 9 months before he was born...

[Standing Wolf]

If that's "accidental," I'd sure hate to encounter negligent.

[WonderNine]

What does that little thingy on the trigger do?

Doesn't that also have a 1911 style grip safety? How the hell did this gun go off???

[Sven]

"...sure you can dry fire it... watch, I'll unload (drops mag) and then cock the trigger and..."

BAM

Just one possible scenario out of a million. Darwin just rolled over.

[triggertime]

Oh...an improved Glock. :cool:


Some improvement, eh? :p

[Bob Locke]

"He was showing me the gun and it went off," said the vendor of Mikey's Red Hots hot dog stand, who wouldn't give his name.
No action required on the part of the person holding the weapon, I'm sure... :rolleyes:

[cratz2]

The gun was pointed at something which, presumably the shooter did not want to destroy. Violation of the rules. :rolleyes:

[Drizzt]

The Associated Press State & Local Wire

February 8, 2003, Saturday, BC cycle

SECTION: State and Regional

LENGTH: 150 words

HEADLINE: Guard who accidentally shot pedestrian is charged

DATELINE: NASHVILLE, Tenn.

BODY:
An off-duty security guard who shot a state employee while showing his weapon to a hot dog vendor has been charged.

Mark Cawl, 49, was arrested Friday night and charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Jan. 31 shooting, police spokesman Don Aaron said. Cawl told police he was waiting for a bus along Deaderick Street downtown when he pulled his 9 mm pistol from its holster to show to the vendor. The weapon discharged and struck Charles Harrison, an assistant to state Comptroller John Morgan, in the thigh.

"Although Mr. Cawl had a valid handgun carry permit and a valid security guard license, he nevertheless was reckless in handling the gun on that street corner," Aaron told The Tennessean.

Cawl was working for Security Services of America.

Harrison, 56, was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and still has the bullet in his thigh.

[CZ-75]

This guy will be very lucky if he can even find a job as mall ninja. :rolleyes:

Mike Irwin nailed it.

[Blackhawk]

Armed rent-a-cops really scare me.... :what: