Cops: Pa. guard shot finger trying to remove ring

[The Straight Story]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal prison guard has been charged with shooting his own finger in a drunken attempt to remove his wedding ring during an argument with his wife at their northwestern Pennsylvania home, police said.

A criminal complaint said Bradford police were called just before 9 p.m. March 2 and were met by Alfredo Malespini III, 31, who told officers he was "trying to get rid of his wedding ring" and decided to "shoot it off." The Bradford Era first reported the shooting on Friday.

The gunshot badly mangled Malespini's finger, but didn't remove the ring, police said.

At the time of the shooting in Bradford, which is near the New York border about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Malespini was employed as a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean, a medium security prison a few miles away.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cops-pa-guard-shot-finger-trying-remove-ring

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Awesome. This isn't just ordinary stupid,

it's industrial-strength, weapons-grade stupid.

Good thing he wasn't trying to unstick his zipper.

[Drale]

2. People like this deserve exactly what they get

I hope they didn't reattach it, let it be a reminder for all time of his stupidity.

[Kingofalldems]

3. And Homer Simpson used his new gun to turn out the lights.

[snooper2]

4. If it was Tungsten Carbide he could have just used a pair of pliers or a hammer

[rdharma]

5. As Jesse James said when he shot off his finger tip........

"Now ain't that the most dingus-dangest thing you ever seen?"

[Jim__]

6. He's a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean?

Does he carry a gun at work? I hope not, at least, not any longer.

[surrealAmerican]

7. According to the article ...

The gunshot badly mangled Malespini's finger, but didn't remove the ring, police said.