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Secret Service Agent Shoots Car
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The U.S. Secret Service is investigating why one of its agents shot his car last month during a United Nations visit by the Iranian premier.
Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren confirmed that his agency's internal affairs unit has been asked to find out the details surrounding an agent's "accidental discharge" into the floorboard of his vehicle on Sept. 25 in Manhattan.
The spokesman would not confirm the type of gun used to shoot the automobile. The car was parked in a "staging area," Zahren said. He noted that there were no "principals" near the site of the shooting -- security-speak for the individuals under Secret Service protection.
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Zahren would not identify who the agent was assigned to protect, although two security officials familiar with the incident tell ABC News the agent was protecting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The accident is the second reported incident of its kind this year. In April, two Secret Service officers protecting the White House grounds went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after one of their weapons accidentally fired.
The president was away at the time, attending a ceremony for the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting massacre.
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Maybe he could wait until "that" principle is in the car next time!!!
Posted by: David | Oct 8, 2007 1:15:48 PM
There is no such thing as an 'accidental discharge.' A firearm only fires when the trigger is pulled. Every certified police and military firarms training regimen preaches 'finger off the trigger' discipline. Safety levers are a crutch and it is generally bad practice to rely on mechanical safeties and ignore the fundamentals of proper safe gun handling.
Remote possibility, since this was inside the vehicle in cramped quarters, that something else got caught inside the trigger guard.
Posted by: jm | Oct 8, 2007 1:23:38 PM
Was he reading the newspaper, listening to right wing wacko radio, watching TV, or just practicing his craft?
Posted by: daddy | Oct 8, 2007 1:26:09 PM
No principles were involved. The person being protected is a principal.
Posted by: Tracy | Oct 8, 2007 2:13:15 PM
Oops. Guess we should be glad nobody got hurt, and I'm certain he will be much more careful in his weapon handling in the future.
Beyond that, hey, stuff happens.
Posted by: Maz2331 | Oct 8, 2007 2:46:34 PM
Souds like Barney Fife is alive and well at the Secret Service. How about one bullet per agent?
Posted by: CM | Oct 8, 2007 2:57:46 PM
Hey, hey, hey...more sound competence from the bush team! WHOOT!
Posted by: spongebob | Oct 8, 2007 3:11:19 PM
what was the car guilty of?
Posted by: John Dempsey, Mishawaka, IN | Oct 8, 2007 3:19:03 PM
REALLY, I didn't know the gun was loaded!!
Posted by: doug banyash | Oct 8, 2007 3:42:59 PM
Lucky he didn't shoot himself in the foot, hope he learned to be more careful.
Posted by: BTL musings | Oct 8, 2007 3:59:17 PM
Motive: It causes the car to go into the shop for a check-up.
Posted by: Bonnie | Oct 8, 2007 4:01:31 PM
Car 54 where are you...........OOOOH OOOH OOOOH
Posted by: daddy | Oct 8, 2007 4:13:21 PM
Because the rest of 'Bush's' government is as incompetent as he is.
Posted by: Jim J. Donaldson | Oct 8, 2007 4:18:21 PM
I think he listening to left wing wacko radio, Oh wait, there isn't one, they all went bankrupt.....LOL
Posted by: Freddie | Oct 8, 2007 4:32:57 PM
Another nonstory by the democrat tv network. Yawwwwwwn
Posted by: cheesetoppings69 | Oct 8, 2007 4:36:10 PM
The car was guilty until proved innocent. Secret Service thought it was better to shoot first ask questions later. Rumor has it was a foreign car.
Posted by: Joe Public | Oct 8, 2007 5:23:22 PM
Clear cut case the surge is working, the media is running out of "road side bomb" storys......
Posted by: Freddie | Oct 8, 2007 5:25:47 PM
He missed... I believe he needs more practice. BTW, since we're talking about Iran, why didn't ABC report on the demonstrations there?
Posted by: Mark Reece | Oct 8, 2007 5:32:39 PM
Unfortunately you can't blame Bush for this one... The administration does not hire Secret Service Agents.
Posted by: Democrat | Oct 8, 2007 6:02:19 PM
Thank you Mr Reece for pointing this out, now which ones are being incompetent for not doing their research more thoroughly?
Ummm that would be the morons who try to blame everything on the president.
Posted by: Tdawg | Oct 8, 2007 7:04:13 PM
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