Cop “Jokingly” Fires Gun, Kills Partner
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 11 months ago
Florida sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot by his roommate, a fellow deputy, over the weekend, in what the sheriff described as a “tragic and totally avoidable death.” Austin Walsh, 23, was killed Saturday in Palm Bay by his roommate Andrew Lawson, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Sunday in a video statement on Facebook.
The roommates, who were taking a break from playing video games with friends, were talking when Lawson “jokingly” pointed a handgun he though was unloaded at Walsh and pulled the trigger, Ivey said. A single round was fired and fatally struck Walsh, the sheriff said.
Lawson called 911 saying he accidentally shot his roommate, Ivey said. When officers arrived, they found Lawson “fully distraught and devastated.”
Lawson was taken into custody on a no-bond warrant on a manslaughter charge by agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and transported Sunday to the Brevard County jail, Ivey said.
“Austin and Andrew were the best of friends and Andrew was completely devastated over what happened. Even with that, there is no excuse for this tragic and totally avoidable death,” Ivey said.
The rules of gun safety are there for a reason. The fact that they hadn’t had them ingrained and tattooed on their soul shows the complete inadequacy of their training, or perhaps the complete inadequacy of their selection policy for police candidates, or perhaps both.
As TCJ has observed before, you’re never in more danger than when the cops are around. Leave their presence as soon as legal and possible.
On December 5, 2022 at 11:17 pm, Chris said:
Highly Trained Officials.
On December 6, 2022 at 1:15 am, Nosmo said:
H̶i̶g̶h̶l̶y̶ ̶T̶r̶a̶i̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶O̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶s̶ Armed government agents. Approach with caution.
On December 6, 2022 at 8:06 am, Latigo Morgan said:
Another statistic killed with an “unloaded” gun.
On December 6, 2022 at 8:22 am, Okanogan Offgrid said:
In Okanogan County, Washington, our deputies routinely aim their weapons at people.
Rule Number Two piggie, Rule Number Two.
What I consider orders of magnitude worse, is that the Sheriff covers for the behavior of his hired thugs by refusing to issue body cams.
On December 6, 2022 at 10:59 am, george 1 said:
At lot of this stuff is attributable to the ever lowering national IQ level.
On December 6, 2022 at 4:13 pm, Matt said:
The late Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper set out exactly 4 rules to prevent this sort of stupidity.
On December 11, 2022 at 7:17 pm, X said:
Remember, only cops are qualified to have guns… you untrained peasants can’t be trusted with them.