Kentucky State Police Accidentally Fire Rifle Into Apartment, Don’t Even Visit To See If Occupants Are Okay
BY Herschel Smith
5 years ago
LA GRANGE, Ky. (WAVE/WYMT) – A bullet fired into a Western Kentucky apartment came from state troopers living upstairs, police said.
Oldham County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an apartment in the 1000 block of Fredrick Lane in the Oldham Oaks complex Saturday evening.
According to the police report, the 911 caller reported the shot was fired into the ceiling of his apartment just feet from where his daughter was sitting. No one was injured.
“I was like covering up my head because I didn’t know what was happening, and then I looked up and I saw smoke coming from that (the bullet hole),” said 11-year-old Kay’leah Todd.
Kay’leah’s two younger siblings, 8-year-old sister Sa’rinity and 2-year-old brother Ke’liam, and their grandmother, Beverly Todd, were also nearby when it happened.
When deputies arrived, they spoke with the victim’s upstairs neighbors: Trooper Landon Terry and Trooper Dustin Gross. Both stated they were in the field-training phase of their training with KSP.
According to the report, Terry told the deputies the shot was not intentional. Terry said he and Gross thought the rifle was empty, someone pulled the trigger, and the rifle went off because there was still a round in the chamber.
He also stated they were just moving into the apartment.
“The most frustrating part about all of this is that they did not come check on us,” said mother KeeKee Todd. “They knew what happened and they did not come.”
The report goes on to say Terry and Gross told deputies they had not contacted their supervisor. When the deputy told them they should get out in front of it and let their supervisor know what happened, their response was “we are getting ready to go out.”
The deputy wrote in the report that neither of them acted like they were going to contact their supervisor.
What swell guys. But for heaven’s sake, no one would want to get in the way of their “going out.” Maybe a night at the bar or something. All of that hard work to become a goon in Kentucky creates a huge thirst.
Just the kind of people you want to know are traipsing around the countryside with “authority” and attitude. Here’s a suggestion for the Kentucky State Police. Start every class by teaching the rules of gun safety. If they don’t score 100% every time, bash them in the groin with one of your batons.
On November 21, 2019 at 8:36 am, Roger J said:
I can’t tell you how many times the same thing has happened to me. That’s because it never has, and I have been handling firearms since 1961. Whatever training KSP is giving their recruits, it is evidently insufficient.
On November 21, 2019 at 9:55 am, Fred said:
@Roger J, I’m thinking that it may be the people that are insufficient to the task, and not the training, but, if you need mouth breathing thugs who will follow any order than perhaps the KSP does have the right personnel. That they couldn’t be bothered with the result of shooting randomly in an apartment complex is a feature, not a bug.
On November 21, 2019 at 11:02 am, George said:
Well come on guys. They said they “Didn’t know the gun was loaded”. Since they didn’t know the gun was loaded they just pulled the trigger, you know, to find out. Perfectly reasonable. If you have a low enough IQ, that probably counts for “problem solving”.
It just goes to show that guns are dangerous. They can’t be in the possession of your average Joe. Best leave them to the professionals.
On November 21, 2019 at 2:37 pm, Longbow said:
As I said… powers and abilities above and beyond those of mortal men.
Besides that, if it was the cops what dunnit, then it was the right thang to do, because it was the cops what dunnit!
On November 22, 2019 at 1:10 pm, Arsenal762 said:
My favorite part is that “someone pulled the trigger”. I’m sure if there was a negligent discharge in my home and the cops showed up they’d certainly take that response and leave no questions asked…