Child fires gun in AR police station, officer terminated

Officer fired after unsupervised child shoots gun inside police headquarters in Helena-West Helena, police say

An officer was fired after an unsupervised child shot a gun inside of the police headquarters in Helena-West Helena, the police department said.

Child fires gun in AR police station, officer terminated

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — A police lieutenant has been terminated after his son found a gun, which discharged inside police headquarters, Helena-West Helena's mayor says. Mayor Joseph Whitfield said the child, who is elementary school-aged, found a gun in a file cabinet on Monday and locked the door to the room. The gun somehow went [...]