I thought Barney Fife was dead?

[SS Junk]

DETROIT – A woman celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday was fatally shot Sunday when she hugged an off-duty police officer while dancing at a party, causing the officer's service weapon to fire, according to police and her mother.

Adaisha Miller would have turned 25 on Monday, according to her mother, Yolanda McNair.

The shooting happened at an outdoor social gathering about 12:30 a.m., said police Sgt. Eren Stephens. It happened on the city's west side.

According to Stephens, the woman "embraced the officer from behind, causing the holstered weapon to accidently discharge." The bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit her heart, and she died at a hospital.

Stephens said the Detroit officer will remain on administrative duties while authorities investigate the shooting and report their findings to the Wayne County prosecutor. The officer's name was not released.

"For this to happen to her, whether they want to call it freak accident or mistake in judgment, it should have never happened to my child, and there's nothing I can do to get her back," McNair told WDIV-TV.

McNair said her daughter was out to mark her upcoming birthday.

"All she wanted to do was enjoy the weekend for her birthday," the mother said. "She had every right to enjoy turning 25 and look beyond that."

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[Broncojohnny]

Sounds like she had it coming. For all he knew she could have been attempting to kill him.

[Roscoe]

Was she wearing a hoodie?

[Gtracer]

We need the gun's side of the story before we begin to place blame...

[BlackGT]

Must have been in a shoulder rig, or she was a member of the "Little People of America" club...

[Rreemo]

I feel for the family, but you can already tell from the mother's statements that she is looking to point blame elsewhere

[SS Junk]

I feel for the family, but you can already tell from the mother's statements that she is looking to point blame elsewhere

Exactly. How dare the mother blame the cop for not properly stowing his weapon. The nerve!

[BlackGT]

Exactly. How dare the mother blame the cop for not properly stowing his weapon. The nerve!

And what happens when it is found that, through no fault of the officers(equipment/holster malfunction, design flaw, etc.), the weapon discharged?

[Randy]

And all she had in her pocket was some skittles!!!!!

[Big Thumper]

This is why guns should be outlawed!

[Randy]

This is why guns should be outlawed!

[ThreeFingerPete]

I'm very curious as to what kind of holster the dude was carrying. That's unreal.

[LANTIRN]

I'm very curious as to what kind of holster the dude was carrying. That's unreal.

Me too. I have never had a gun just go off while holstered.

[Forever_frost]

Me too. I have never had a gun just go off while holstered.

I know my holstered pistols have a strap behind the hammer to prevent something like this

[SS Junk]

And what happens when it is found that, through no fault of the officers(equipment/holster malfunction, design flaw, etc.), the weapon discharged?

Unless he can prove otherwise, it's his fault.

I'm very curious as to what kind of holster the dude was carrying. That's unreal.

Other news reports say it was a shoulder holster.