SHERMAN, Texas -- A Grayson County sheriff's investigator accidentally shot himself Wednesday as he was putting his pistol in a desk drawer, authorities said.
Investigator Chad Butler was struck in the lower abdomen when the pistol slipped from his hands, hit the floor and discharged.
"We feel very fortunate. While we regret that there was a wound, we feel fortunate that it wasn't more serious than it was," Sheriff Keith Gary said in a news conference. "When you drop a pistol you really don't know where the round is going to go."
Butler was taken to a Sherman hospital where doctors said he was expected to make a full recovery.
Butler has been with the sheriff's office for a year and a half. MagazineLane.com
Investigator Chad Butler was struck in the lower abdomen when the pistol slipped from his hands, hit the floor and discharged.
"We feel very fortunate. While we regret that there was a wound, we feel fortunate that it wasn't more serious than it was," Sheriff Keith Gary said in a news conference. "When you drop a pistol you really don't know where the round is going to go."
Butler was taken to a Sherman hospital where doctors said he was expected to make a full recovery.
Butler has been with the sheriff's office for a year and a half. MagazineLane.com
