Strange officer-involved ND

[lightskye]

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Detroit-mom-questions-how-daughter-shot-during-hug-3693451.php

Detroit police officers have the option of carrying their weapons while off-duty. The model issued by the department has a safety mechanism built into the trigger.

The Smith & Wesson M&P primarily was designed for police and military use. It does not have a safety switch, but the trigger has to be pulled back completely for the gun to fire, certified firearms instructor Rick Ector said.

Ector said that if properly holstered, the gun cannot be fired accidentally.

David Balash, a former Michigan State Police firearms examiner, said the investigation also should look at the gun's angle given that Miller was shot in the chest.

"What's going to be very important here is the angle of the entry of the wound to the victim (and) if there is in fact any gunpowder residue," Balash said. "I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding how a weapon that's pointed at the ground can be turned literally 110 degrees minimum to be in an upward position to strike someone."

But Godbee said Parrish's waist holster was made of a soft, neoprene-type material, and it would be possible for the trigger to be pulled while the gun was in it. He also said the barrel direction typically would have been pointing down while holstered.

Why anyone would still choose nylon-type holsters to carry in the waist is beyond me.  Even then...I'm still having a hard time envisioning how this went down exactly (as they've described it so far, at least).

[Jeb_66]

No doubt. WTF????

[lrdplatypus]

Was it setup for cross draw? Even then it shouldn't have shot up! 

Something is not right here...

[riattta]

I would suggest had it been a civilian this would be looked at with a bit more skepticism.