A child who was thought to be no older than 8-years-old shot a SWAT officer with his service weapon at a literacy fair in California last week while he was showing off tactical equipment to kids.
Lodi Police Chief Mark Helms told KMAX that the incident took place at the "2013 Literacy Fair: Little Buckaroos Reading Roundup" on Aug. 24.
Helms said that SWAT Officer Robert Rench was in a SWAT vehicle demonstrating equipment to children when a boy, between 6 and 8 years old, walked up behind him and fired his holstered Glock .40 caliber service weapon into his leg.
"According to the witnesses, [the child] was able to walk up to the officer, and was able to manipulate his handgun while it was in the holster, causing it discharge," Lodi Police Lt. Sierra Brucia explained to KXTV. "And then the round actually fired down the officer's leg and into the pavement."
Brucia said that an internal investigation was focusing on Rench's thigh holster, which may have made it easier for the child to access the weapon.
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