VIDEO: Florida police accidentally shoot driver during routine traffic stop

A Florida police officer was fired for incompetence after she accidentally shot a man who ran the stop sign.

The official Mindy Cardwell was called to assist with a traffic stop by Officer Shaun Lowry, who had detained Jason Arrington for running a red light. The events took place in mid-December.

Arrington was cooperative, but mentioned to the officers that he was carrying a firearm, so Officer Lowry told Cardwell that they were going to disarm him slowly and carefully for both their sakes.

“The firearm was secured in a holster and Officer Cardwell had difficulty removing it. When he was finally able to remove the gun from the holster, he inadvertently placed several fingers inside the gun’s trigger guard, causing it to fire,” explained the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO).

Arrington said, “The first time he pulled the gun and then he pulled again… He pulled harder two more times and that’s when the gun went off.”.

Lowry told the officer to drop the gun. The bullet passed through Arrington’s upper thigh and exited through the inside of his leg, causing severe arterial bleeding that the officers managed to stop using a tourniquet while they waited for paramedics to arrive.

Arrington was taken to a nearby hospital after the accident. According to News4JAX, he has been forced to undergo physical therapy, and is now suffering emotional distress and possibly losing income, as The injuries have made you unable to carry out your normal activities at work..

The New York Post noted that his lingering injuries have impeded his ability to work as a crane operator, so he decided to file a lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office in Jacksonville. He reveals that he has also started seeing a mental health professional.

“It affected me in terms of my job… There are certain things in my job that I can’t do anymore, like getting on equipment and stuff. I have to get on trains and unload things, forklifts, cranes, whatever I have to do in my job. It’s a little difficult for me to do. “I can do it, but it is a challenge, really difficult,” he said.

An Internal Affairs investigation deemed Cardwell incompetent and decided to fire her.as Arrington was acting cooperatively and posed no threat.

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