An Indiana sheriff’s deputy teaching high school students how to deal with criminals accidentally shot one of the teens during a drill.
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When the incident happened, Tim Dispennett was conducting a practice at South Vermillion High School. Dispennett examined the interactions between police officers and the “bad guy.” Later, he unintentionally shot a male student with his weapon.
In a statement, the high school’s administration said a bullet grazed the victim’s arm, and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment. According to the Daily Mail, this is the second shooting during law enforcement training since October.
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BREAKING: A sheriff’s deputy in Indiana shoots and wounds a high school student while conducting a “bad guy drill” in the classroom — the reckless cop has been placed on leave. RT IF YOU THINK THAT HE SHOULD BE FIRED!
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Superintendent Dave Chapman released a statement about the incident and said the shooting was accidental.
‘The incident was in the Law Enforcement classroom where the instructor was going over drills with the students when he accidentally drew his firearm instead of his training weapon and discharging it toward a student. The instructor immediately began first aid. Within minutes, emergency personnel and law enforcement arrived on the scene and began assisting the injured student and eventually transported him to a hospital in Terre Haute…
It needs to be clear that this was an accidental shooting and that at no time were the students and staff at the high school in any danger or threat.’
Disbennett was placed on administrative leave following the incident, and an investigation was launched. Police interviewed students who witnessed the shooting, and officials said it was part of their protocol for cases.
The students could be picked up by their parents after the police lifted the lockdown.