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An FBI agent who shot a man in the leg after dropping his gun while doing a backflip on a nightclub dance floor has been arrested.

Chase Bishop, 29, is being held in a Denver Downtown Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree assault, according to inmate records on the Denver Sheriff Department website.

He turned himself in on Tuesday morning after an arrest warrant was issued by Denver police, said Maro Casparian, a spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

The DA’s office has not filed formal charges, reports the Denver Post.

The FBI agent made international news earlier this month when a video of the shooting went viral .

(Image: Denver Police Department)

The officer was letting loose at Mile High Spirits in Denver, Colorado when the incident happened, according to Fox affiliate KDVR 13.

Footage shows him doing a back flip which causes his gun to fall on the floor.

As he goes to retrieve it, it went off and accidentally fired a round.

A man was shot in the lower leg and paramedics took him to hospital, where he is believed to be stable.

After the shot rang out, the agent appears to walk away unconcerned despite his gun going off in the crowded club.

The bullet hit the victim in an artery in his leg, according to previous news reports. His attorney, Frank Azar, said the injury was serious but the man would recover.

A statement from Denver police shortly after the shooting said: "It appears an off-duty... FBI agent was dancing at a night club when his firearm became dislodged from its waistband holster and fell onto the floor.

"When the agent retrieved his handgun an unintended discharge occurred, another patron was struck by a bullet in the lower leg."

FBI officials have refused to release Bishop’s name although he had been identified by other media outlets, reports the Denver Post.

The FBI also has not released any information about its policy for agents carrying weapons while off duty and in alcohol establishments.