‘Security guard’ drops gun at party, shoots self, gets arrested

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A Clarksville man working security at a teen party on Oak Street was arrested Monday after he says he dropped a gun and shot himself in the calf while trying to break up a girl fight.

According to two arrest warrants, the man said he was working as a security guard at a teen party in the 200 block of Oak Street when a fight broke out between girls in the parking lot Sunday.

He was armed with a Hi-Point CF380 and ran to break up the fight while holding the weapon, a warrant says. He said he placed it in his vest and while pulling one of the girls from the pile, the weapon fell out, hit the ground and went off, shooting him in his right calf, one warrant says.

Witnesses told police that he was still holding the weapon in his hand when it went off.

The man does not own the handgun and did not have a permit to carry a weapon concealed or as an armed security guard, a second warrant said.

The first warrant said he placed others in danger by not using due care in a crowded parking lot.

Diamond Dillard, 22, was charged with reckless endangerment and unlawful carrying/possession of a weapon.

Dillard, who gave a 185 Hadley Dr., address, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $30,000 bond.

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Stephanie Ingersoll, 245-0267

City government and crime

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