Josh Moody

A report from the Benton Courier says a deputy with the Saline County Sheriff’s department accidentally discharged his weapon at the local IHOP.

A local businessman who arrived at the restaurant after the incident said he was told about the gunshot by a restaurant employee.
According to that account, a deputy who had been at the restaurant for lunch accidentally discharged his weapon while he was in the men’s restroom.
The shot reportedly went through the restroom ceiling, where there is a bullet hole.
Several people inside the restaurant apparently heard the shot.
According to the businessman, who asked to remain anonymous, the restaurant employee asked the deputy what the noise was and the deputy allegedly replied, “The toilet seat fell, making the noise.”
“And with that, (the deputy) proceeded to walk out of the restaurant,” the businessman said. “He lied to the waitress on his way out the door, according to her.”
A member of management with IHOP reportedly followed the deputy into the parking lot. The IHOP representative “confronted (the deputy) on the parking lot and then he ‘fessed up to it,” the employee said.

Way to go, Barney. Keep your bullet in your shirt pocket like Andy tells you, and this wouldn’t happen.

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