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Gun Accidentally Discharges at Del Ray Central Apartments

No injuries in Wednesday morning incident.

Posted by Drew Hansen (Editor), December 20, 2012 at 03:19 am

Alexandria police responded to an accidental gunshot early Wednesday morning at the Del Ray Central Apartments in the 3000 block of Mount Vernon Avenue.

“It was an accidental discharge,” Alexandria Police Department spokesman Jody Donaldson said.

The incident happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday. The gun, identified as a revolver, went off while the owner was handling it in a second-floor apartment. Donaldson said the owner may have been cleaning the gun.

No one was hurt in the incident. Donaldson said the person legally owned the gun.

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McBrinn December 20, 2012 at 03:32 pm

Brilliant example as to why guns don't belong in schools. Despite people's best intentions, sh*t happens. Thank God no one was hurt.

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Scooby's Doo December 20, 2012 at 05:16 pm

Guns don't accidentally discharge, people accidentally discharge them.

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Jerry King December 20, 2012 at 06:01 pm

Exactly!

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Andy Duncan December 21, 2012 at 01:25 am

Cleaning a gun while it is loaded is kind of hard to do, the shells get in the way of the cleaning tools.

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Brooke Jordan December 21, 2012 at 01:35 am

Who cleans their gun at 6am?

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Michael Josef Basl December 21, 2012 at 05:00 pm

Brooke Jordan
8:39 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012 Who cleans their gun at 6am? Drug dealers and druggies.

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