Video of FBI agent losing gun as he back flips on dance floor and shoots man goes viral
A pop-locking FBI agent is under fire after his gun fell from his holster and shot a clubgoer in Denver.
A video surfaced of the unnamed off-duty FBI agent dancing and doing a black flip at a bar in Denver at about 12:45 a.m., reports the New York Daily News.
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The agent started busting a move on the dance floor and with all eyes on him, he started feeling himself; popping and locking at one point, doing a little stanky leg and then he broke into a backflip. That’s when the gun flipped out. The agent tried to grab it, but it hit the ground, and a shot was fired.
The agent’s dance break almost turned deadly. A crowd-goer was struck and hit in the lower leg by the bullet.
According to the Daily News, the injury was non-life-threatening. The agent was taken by Denver police to their station and released to a FBI supervisor.
The incident is under investigation, and the Denver District Attorney’s office is considering whether to charge the agent.
In a statement, an FBI spokesperson said “the investigation is active, ongoing, and a personnel matter so we cannot provide comment at this time.”
Denver Police Department said the agent “was dancing at a nightclub when his firearm became dislodged from its waistband holster and fell on to the floor. When the agent retrieved his handgun an unintended discharge occurred.”
The statement added: “The victim was transported to the hospital with a good prognosis.”
Denver district attorney spokesman Ken Lane said the DA’s office had no comment since it is a personnel issue.
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