Georgia sheriff charged in shooting of real estate agent

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JEFF MARTIN

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An Atlanta-area sheriff was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday in the shooting of a real estate agent at a model home.

Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill is charged with reckless conduct in the shooting, which critically wounded real estate agent Gwenevere McCord, 43, Gwinnett County Sheriff's spokeswoman Shannon Volkodav said. He was released on a $2,950 bond Wednesday night.

Authorities have said the two were alone in a model home roughly 50 miles northeast of where Hill's office is located when the shooting happened Sunday.

Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said he has fundamental questions about Hill's account, which was that he was conducting "police training exercises" inside the home when he accidentally shot McCord. The location of the house is well outside his jurisdiction.

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FILE -In this Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005 file photo, Newly sworn-in Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, foreground, stands with arms folded after speaking to his deputies in Jonesboro, Ga. Hill, who was acquitted three years ago in a major public corruption case is now accused of shooting a woman, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in a subdivision near the suburb of Lawrenceville, Ga. he shooting was "reported as accidental," police said late Sunday in a statement, which did not elaborate on who characterized it that way. (Zach Porter/Clayton Daily News, File via AP)

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[niyad]

1. a MISDEMEANOR? for shooting someone???

[Lochloosa]

2. police training exercises

[CanadaexPat]

3. Well, it was nowhere near the Appalachian trail,

so that wouldn't work.

[whereisjustice]

4. released on a $2,950 bond ?

WTF?

[jtuck004]

5. He was showing her the quick draw with his gun. n/t

[Wilms]

6. Is this a cross-post from Weird News?

There are a lot of wtf's in that story.

[avaistheone1]

7. Wow!! What police can get away with these days!

And it would sure be interesting to hear more about the MAJOR corruption case he was involved in during 2005...perhaps another incident swept under the rug...

[Android3.14]

8. Sounds like sex play gone wrong

I'll speculate that the sheriff and victim were having an affair, and this tryst at the model home involved close contact with his gun...er...firearm.