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Former Florida deputy who says he accidentally shot girlfriend while 'dry-firing' gun arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

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A former Florida sheriff's deputy was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the accidental shooting death of his girlfriend, authorities said.

Leslie Boileau called 911 on Thursday night to report that he had "accidentally shot his girlfriend" at their home in Ocala. The girlfriend was found with a handgun on her lap "and a rifle was also present at the scene," the Ocala Police Department said in a statement on Facebook.

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So, the moron pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger?
I mean, uh, yeah, this outcome seems exactly like what you'd expect to happen.
Hopefully he doesn't manage to avoid all the much-deserved consequences because cop.
- This is a friend of a friend, so take it for what it's worth, but he told me that the guy died at a party by pointing a gun at his head and pulling the trigger because it wouldn't go off with the safety on. It did.
  There are a lot of people who really should know how guns work before being allowed to have one.
  
  I mean, the first thing my grandfather told me about guns - the very first thing - was that you never, ever, under ANY circumstances ever fucking point it at something you do not want to kill. Ever. Period. For any reason.
  Now, I might not expect some random person to maybe have any sort of proper handling training, but a fucking ex-cop? C'mon.
  
  There are a lot of people who really should know how guns work before being allowed to have one.
  Like the cop in the article...
  
  There are a lot of people who really should know how guns work before being allowed to have one.
  So gun control measures?
  What a concept. I wonder if anyone in America is willing to actually try that?
  
  Sig Sauer has a long-standing known issue of the gun firing without even pulling the trigger; regardless of whether the safety is on or not.
- Sounds to me like he decided to be dry firing post facto.
He wasn't "former" until after he murdered his girlfriend. They fired him because of that. I'm sure he was a perfectly stable and honorable cop and we sure won't find any skeletons in his station reports.
- Like, literal skeletons? Or metephorical ones? Either way, I'm pretty sure we'll find both
Just manslaughter eh?
- It’s easier to get a warrant for his arrest from a grand jury for manslaughter because it doesn’t require motive, just a dead person. They can always upgrade that too murder if the investigation turns up something.
  
  If you point a firearm at someones head and firearms are one of your professional responsibilities, there are absolutely elevating criterion for higher charges. There is no reasonable doubt he was unaware of the ~~possible~~ probable consequences of pulling a trigger while aiming a firearm at someone.
  As prosecuting attorney I would have the investigator simply ask 'WTF were you thinking?' and use whatever his response was (even a 5a plead) as prima facie evidence of guilt for a pre-meditated offence.
- What would you have him charged with? So far the facts point to this being done without malice
- No, "suspicion" of manslaughter. So, of course, the police literally get away with murder. Again...
  
  He hasn't gotten away with it yet.
Another "responsible" gun owner.
Grade school kids can be suspended and charged with a felony for doing the same thing with their fingers. What ever happened to the basic rule being taught to treat any gun like it's loaded? I'm going to guess fake firing was something he did often, so he knew it would be fine. And then it wasn't.
there are lots of photos of cops lacking trigger discipline.

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