Ky. lawmaker fires gun in office, calls it mistake
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2012 file photo, Kentucky House Rep. Leslie Combs, D-Pikeville, questions Morehead State University President Wayne Andrews during a session of the House Education Committee at the Capitol in Frnkfort, Ky. Combs on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 said that she accidentally fired a gun in her Capitol Annex office on the first day of the legislative session this week, prompting a police investigation. No one was hurt. (AP Photo/John Flavell, File)
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker said Wednesday that she accidentally fired a gun in her Capitol Annex office on the first day of the legislative session this week, prompting a police investigation. No one was hurt.
Democratic Rep. Leslie Combs of Pikeville issued a statement saying the shot was fired unintentionally Tuesday and that state police assigned to the Capitol found no evidence to indicate any portion of the discharged round left her office.Combs did not offer details, but a House colleague who said he was in her office at the time described it as an accident.
"She was emptying the weapon and she thought that it was empty and pointed it away and down and pulled the trigger and it went off," said Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg.
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