Witnesses say a sheriff's deputy in Washington State is distraught after she shot a man in a tree.Good Lord, how stupid and irresponsible can someone be?
The deputy apparently meant to fire a Taser but grabbed the wrong weapon.
The Taser, manufactured by Taser International of Scottsdale, is similar in shape to the compact .40-caliber gun the deputy carried.
I noticed many news outlets were carrying this story and they all had one glaring common deficiency, explained by our good friends at the WaPo:
The deputy, a five-year veteran of the force whose name was not released...[More from "The Only Ones" files...]