'That could have literally killed me': Bystander recalls night immigration agent accidentally fired gun in Eagan hotel

[douglas9]

A federal immigration agent deployed to Minnesota accidentally fired his handgun in an Eagan hotel, shooting a bullet through the wall and into the headboard in an adjacent room.

Eagan police were dispatched to the Hampton Inn at 3000 Eagandale Place shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 after agent Bradley Shaver, 53, shot his Glock 19 while attempting to change out a part on the handle, according to a police report reviewed by Sahan Journal.

The bullet went through the agent’s sweatshirt pocket, through the wall and into the neighboring room, according to the report.

The room’s occupant, Aaron Wukawitz, had just checked into the hotel and was walking down the hallway to his room when he heard the gunshot. He got into his room and heard the federal agent cursing and panicking. A bullet was stuck in the headboard above a bedside table.

“That could have literally killed me,” Wukawitz told Sahan Journal.

https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/federal-immigration-agent-fires-gun-eagan-hotel-bradley-shaver/

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Untrained buffoons

ICE are not highly trained professionals like most law enforcement, they're a bunch of neo Nazi clowns who take a 6 week course on how to be a thug.

[efhmc]

2. This shows not only how incompetent these "people" are but how little training they receive.

Perfect fit into the Trump pantheon of bullies.

[oasis]

3. Keystone cops with lethal authority.

[rsdsharp]

4. Uh, WHAT part on the "handle?"

The only “part” on a Glock grip (“handle”) is the magazine release. Was he trying to install an extended magazine release? On a loaded gun? And depressed the safe trigger while doing it?

Jesus, you’d have thought the guy that stands behind him telling him to “breath in, breath out” would have told told him not to do that.

[Wuddles440]

5. Seriously, WTF!!!

I had the same reaction when I read that he had an issue with the "handle". These mouth breathing, knuckle-draggers should not be anywhere near actual firearms, anything sharp, or even remotely lethal. Even squirt guns could pose a potential risk for them to possess.

[struggle4progress]

6. Let's not act like ICE agents do nothing but endanger innocent bystanders

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