Lawyer Shoots Himself in the Foot—Literally
An Ohio lawyer shot himself in the foot Monday as he was retrieving his gun from a locker at the courthouse.
Toledo lawyer Paul Redrup had placed his 40-caliber Smith & Wesson in a storage locker before entering the Wood County courthouse, the Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune reports. As he was leaving, he took the gun out of the locker and put it in his pocket. The gun accidentally fired, and Redrup was grazed in the right foot.
Security officers offered bandages, and Redrup refused further treatment. He told the newspaper the wound is superficial. He refused to answer questions about why and how often he carries the weapon, which he has a permit to carry and conceal.
He did say his gun has never accidentally fired before. “Not in 20 years,” he told the Sentinel Tribune.
Redrup’s website identifies him as a criminal defense lawyer.
