Walter Reed Security Officer Arrested for Firing Gun

[maddezmom]

Source: Washington Post

Walter Reed Security Officer Arrested for Firing Gun

By Allison Klein and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, June 20, 2007; 10:56 AM

An armed security guard at Walter Reed Army Medical Center unholstered his gun and began firing at another guard during an argument this morning, D.C. police said, shocking employees who were driving through the busy main entrance on Georgia Avenue NW.

No one appeared to have been injured during the dispute, which happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. The guard who did the shooting was taken into custody, said Cmdr. Hilton Burton of the Metropolitan Police Department's 4th District police station.


Burton said the guard fired between six and 10 shots from his service weapon, but the other guard -- who ran onto Georgia Avenue -- was not hit.

The two guards are employed by a private security firm, which is under contract to Walter Reed, an Army hospital in Northwest Washington that treats both veterans and active-duty military, many recently returned from the Iraq war.



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[LostinVA]

1. Good God!

[babylonsister]

2. I guess accurate shooting isn't a requirement prior to being hired.

That's SO bad:spank: but I couldn't resist!
I'm glad no one got hurt; it sounds like tensions are running a bit high there.

[Solo_in_MD]

8. Stressful situation and accurate shooting tend to be mutually exclusive

Look at the LAPD results in the Eula Love and No. Hollywood shoots.

[Richard Steele]

3. So, how's that whole "outsourcing" thing working out?

"The two guards are employed by a private security firm..."

Now, how did I know that was the case before I opened this thread?

I must be psychic. :sarcasm:

[blondie58]

7. that was my first thought, also!

I'm sure that security was contracted out. That makes us all safer. :sarcasm:

[TheDebbieDee]

4. "The two guards are employed by a private security firm,"

More contractors - incompetent, unprofessional contractors............

[pwb]

5. were they blackwater? @ 200,000 a year

[ashling]

6. Who gave Barney all those bullets?