Dickinson police were called to a car dealership Tuesday afternoon after one of the salesmen shot himself in the foot.
Police Chief Ron Morales said the sales man was talking with fellow employees at the dealership in the 3300 block of Interstate 45 South with his hands in his pocket when he “somehow just pulled the trigger.” The mishap occurred about 1:30 p.m.
Morales said the salesman, who is also a reserve deputy for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, had a pistol in his pocket when it went off. The weapon was a small pistol .380-caliber Kel-Tec, a popular handgun among police officers.
The injured man was taken to a local hospital. The extent of his foot injury was not known Tuesday afternoon.
- TJ Aulds