A federal agent accidentally shot himself in the heel Tuesday at Orlando International Airport, police said.Orlando police said the gun went off as the federal agent was unslinging a shoulder bag near the east checkpoint around 11:20 a.m. Police said the bag caught the agent’s holstered weapon. While the weapon was falling, the agent tried to catch the gun and inadvertently pulled the trigger. A bullet hit the agent in the heel and was found a few feet away. The agent was going to be flying armed, police said. Nobody aside from the agent was injured in the incident and there was no disruption to airport operations, police said.

A federal agent accidentally shot himself in the heel Tuesday at Orlando International Airport, police said.



Orlando police said the gun went off as the federal agent was unslinging a shoulder bag near the east checkpoint around 11:20 a.m.


Police said the bag caught the agent’s holstered weapon. While the weapon was falling, the agent tried to catch the gun and inadvertently pulled the trigger. A bullet hit the agent in the heel and was found a few feet away.

The agent was going to be flying armed, police said.

Nobody aside from the agent was injured in the incident and there was no disruption to airport operations, police said.