Dick’s Cabaret Employee Shot Dead While Repairing Camera; 2nd Worker “Inappropriately Discharged” Gun

An employee at Dick's Cabaret, an all-male strip club in Phoenix, accidentally shot another worker dead while he was unloading a handgun, police say.At about 7:30 p.m. last night, Gordon Bryan, 32, had been working on a camera fixture when the bullet flew toward him -- just a random, tragic,...
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An employee at Dick’s Cabaret, an all-male strip club in Phoenix, accidentally shot another worker dead while he was unloading a handgun, police say.

At about 7:30 p.m. last night, Gordon Bryan, 32, had been working on a camera fixture when the bullet flew toward him — just a random, tragic, wrong-place/wrong-time death, apparently. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 24-year-old suspect hasn’t yet been named by police or accused of a crime, but you’re almost always in the wrong — ethically, if not legally — when you shoot an innocent person.

Still, freak accidents do happen. Police are still investigating.

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Clearly, the accidental shooter will have to account for why he failed
to heed the most basic rule of firearm safety: Don’t point the gun at
something you don’t mean to destroy.

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