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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.
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.
