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(16,245 posts)
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 06:32 AM Oct 2022

Salinas police: Off-duty officer cleaning gun mistakenly shoots self, kills bystander

https://www.ktvu.com/news/off-duty-officer-mistakenly-shoots-himself-then-kills-a-man-while-cleaning-gun-salinas-policeolice

Salinas police: Off-duty officer cleaning gun mistakenly shoots self, kills bystander

By KTVU staff
Published October 26, 2022 6:58AM
Updated 9:26AM
Santa Cruz County
KTVU FOX 2

SALINAS, Calif. - An off-duty officer accidentally shot through his own hand and then hit and killed a 20-year-old man last week, according to the Salinas Police Department.

Santa Cruz officer Francisco Villicana was cleaning his personal gun Friday around 5:45 p.m. near the 1500 block of Antelope Drive when he mistakenly fired the single round that killed Luis Alfredo Ferro-Sanchez, police said.

When officers arrived to the scene they found Villicana with a gunshot wound to his hand, and Ferro-Sanchez to his upper torso. Both were taken to the hospital, where Ferro-Sanchez died.

"This tragic incident is devastating for everyone involved, and we acknowledge many people are grieving," said Santa Cruz Police Chief Bernie Escalante.

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Salinas police: Off-duty officer cleaning gun mistakenly shoots self, kills bystander (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP
No need to regulate firearms. multigraincracker Oct 2022 #1
You would think a trained kacekwl Oct 2022 #2
the leader of the oaf creepers lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #3

multigraincracker

(34,090 posts)
1. No need to regulate firearms.
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 06:55 AM
Oct 2022

Perfectly safe in the hands (or what's left of a hand) a person trained in firearm safety.

That is what the R-Party in running on this year.

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