Deputy fired after accidentally shooting her daughter, 11 at Halloween party [View all]
Source: CBS News
LINCOLNTON, N.C. -- An off-duty Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after she accidentally shot her 11-year-old daughter while she was reportedly showing off her service weapon at a Halloween party.
Lincoln County Sheriff David Carpenter confirmed that Misty Michelle Flowers was fired on Monday. Carpenter said in a news release that Flowers was negligent while showing the handgun to friends Saturday night at her house. Neighbors tell CBS affiliate WBTV she had been hosting a Halloween party attended by children at the time of the incident. Police say the gun discharged accidentally and the bullet went through a wall and struck her daughter in the abdomen in the next room.
Carpenter says Flowers’ firing came independent of a State Bureau of Investigation probe currently underway regarding the shooting.
The Sheriff’s Office policy says firearms are expected to be locked away when they are at a deputy’s home.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/misty-flowers-north-carolina-deputy-fired-after-accidentally-shooting-her-daughter-11-at-halloween-party/
The article also says the girl was airlifted to a local medical center where she underwent surgery and is expected to recover.
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