From the Accidental/Negligent(?) Discharge Files

I guess I would be remiss in not mentioning this little gem: Officer Accidentally Fires Gun While Going to the Bathroom in San Antonio:

Officer Craig Clancy, whose been going to the bathroom for many years now, took the appropriate steps to relieve himself. Unfortunately, as he began to pull down his pants his gun fell off his waistband and fired off two rounds as it hit the tile floor.

I'm almost positive these guys carry Glocks. How could an impact with the floor have caused it to fire? That's not supposed to happen. Not only that, but how in the heck did an impact with the floor make it fire twice? My guess: when it started to fall he tried to catch it. Since he was off-duty, maybe he was using a non-regulation holster that didn't fasten the weapon in securely? There should be lots of questions about how this happened. And yes, I noticed that All Headline Staff News Writer Christina Ficara did not use the correct version of "who's."

Update--9:10PM: Oddly, I was unable to find anything about this at the San Antonio Express-News website. But I did find this at the website of WBBH in Ft. Myers, FL (?):

SAN ANTONIO--This is a story they'll be telling around the San Antonio Police Department for a long time.A police spokesman says an off-duty officer was at a San Antonio auto auction house yesterday when nature called.Officer Craig Clancy strolled to the appropriate facility and was lowering his trousers when his pistol fell from his waistband. When Clancy fumbled for the falling firearm, it went off -- twice.One of the bullets nicked a bit of floor tile into the leg of a man who was washing his hands nearby. That man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police internal affairs is investigating.

This makes a lot more sense, and fits my earlier assumption. So, if the latter story is correct, this means that not only does Ms. Ficara not know the difference between "whose" and "who's" (where do they get these people?), she is guilty of anti-gun bias at the worst, or, to give her the benefit of the doubt, sloppy journalism. Well heck, she misspelled "who's" so I guess sloppy investigative journalism is to be expected. Glocks don't "fire off" two rounds from being dropped, but they will easily fire two rounds if someone gets his finger inside the trigger guard while trying to catch it when he drops it. Maybe it was headed for the bowl and he was trying to save it before he had to reach in and...extract it. Heh. He should've just let it fall, rinsed it in the sink, and done a thorough cleaning when he got home. But perhaps I've assumed too much.