Secret Serviceman's Gun Goes Off Behind White House Gate, Injures Two Other Servicemen

Reuters April 17, 2007 05:18 PM

Two Secret Service officers were injured on Tuesday after a gun held by another Secret Service officer accidentally fired inside the White House gate, according to a spokesman, Darrin Blackford.

Their injuries are non-life threatening, the spokesman said.
One officer suffered a shrapnel wound to the face, and the other was wounded in the leg.

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