Man killed at Hot Wells in Cypress

[SQLGeek]

Happened a couple of hours. Light on details right now but it is being reported as accidental:

http://www.khou.com/news/local/accidental-shooting-reported-at-cypress-gun-range/498841189

 

[RACER X]

Why is the smith working on a loaded gun? Wtf


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[SQLGeek]

More details here:

http://abc13.com/man-dies-after-accidental-shooting-outside-gun-range/2772877/

"Investigators say an employee of the gun range was working on a hunting rifle when it suddenly went off.

At the same time, a customer had just gotten out of his car and was walking toward the building when he was hit.

Police say the 36-year-old victim was shot in the head. He died at the hospital."

 

[Younggun]

Why is the smith working on a loaded gun? Wtf


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According to the article an "employee" was cleaning a gun when it happened. No mention of a smith or the gun being worked on.

I had a job in my teens working for a small gun shop/storage business. When I wasn't out killing weeds or doing other minor maintenance I would go through the entire shop with a pair of cotton gloves and a can of remoil wiping down the guns to remove the fingerprints and such left by customers. I wonder if this employee had a similar job, which would make it quite odd to find a round in the chamber but still something that should be checked.

If a rental, it seems that there would be multiple failures required. Shooter failed to clear after use, employee he took gun failed to clear, and employee cleaning gun failed to clear.

Or maybe info has been updated and I missed it.

 

[Moonpie]

Prayers for the poor guy. Sheeeesh.

 

[Dave70]

They don't have rentals there and only work they do is sighting in. That's going to be a rough thing to work through for all involved.

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[grumper]

Victim's family is going to get paid. Hope the range doesn't get shut down due to dumbass.

Is that the range where you aren't allowed to hang your own targets and half the employees are teenagers? Seems vaguely familiar but can't remember if that was the place.

 

[Senor John Seven Six two]

That's horrible news. This hits so close to home, I was at that range last week.

 

[Dave70]

Victim's family is going to get paid. Hope the range doesn't get shut down due to dumbass.

Is that the range where you aren't allowed to hang your own targets and half the employees are teenagers? Seems vaguely familiar but can't remember if that was the place.

Yes

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[joking]

Oh my... horrible news

 

[Brains]

The yahoo count at Hot Wells has always been pretty high - I've been flagged by more hot pistols there than everywhere else I've been combined. This was an employee though, which is likely going to make it pretty hard for them to stay in business. The surrounding neighborhoods already don't exactly like having them in "their" backyard (despite HotWells predating the neighborhoods by decades) for fear of something 'bad' happening. And, something bad just happened.

 

[oldag]

Employee will have to deal with this for a long time.

Fault? Really only one person at fault. The person handling the gun.

Good warning to all against getting complacent.

 

[zincwarrior]

Taking Safety Officer training for IDPA right. First thing in the book is the 4 rules of safety

 

[SC-Texas]

I hope that the rain has lots of insurance. Unfortunately, there will be a wrongful death lawsuit out of this and the range will pay. The big question of course is whether or not the range can survive. The neighborhood's hate the range

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[vmax]

Dammit! Totally unnecessary...
bad deal all the way around

 

[F350-6]

I hope that the rain has lots of insurance. Unfortunately, there will be a wrongful death lawsuit out of this and the range will pay. ..

Insurance will be the question. Yes there will be a lawsuit, because insurance companies don't offer any money without some sort of claim against the policy. In this case, a lawsuit is likely the only way to make such a claim.

But that's what insurance is for. Hopefully the resulting rate increases in insurance (or the local politicians) don't put the range out of business.

 

[craigntx]

That's horrible news. This hits so close to home, I was at that range last week.

My rifle is there shipped from buds. Was gonna get it today

 

[craigntx]

From facebook

 

[Dawico]

Dang. Prayers sent.

 

[Vaquero]

Ditto.
I've typed and deleted many times.
Dawico said it well enough.