A Joint Base Lewis-McChord Soldier playing with a pistol shot and wounded his girlfriend Tuesday (September 18, 2018) in Lakewood, according to Pierce County prosecutors.
The 21-year-old was charged Thursday with one count of third-degree assault and released on his own recognizance with orders to live on base.
The Soldier is a specialist within the 7th Infantry Division.
The Soldier admitted he was playing with the gun and pointed it at his girlfriend, joking he was robbing her. He pulled the trigger, thinking the gun wasn’t loaded.
It was loaded, and the gun went off and shot his girlfriend.
(Tacoma News Tribune, September 18, 2018)
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So, a Soldier who has at least some training with firearms points his handgun at his girlfriend and pulls the trigger! How is this an accident? He thought the gun was unloaded? He was just joking around... with a firearm?
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