KENTUCKY PRESS NEWS SERVICE
A Pikeville state representative said she accidentally fired her
semi-automatic handgun in the Capitol annex office building in Frankfort
Tuesday night.
Louisville TV station WHAS-11 reported on its website that Leslie Combs,
a Democrat from Pikeville, said she was unloading a Ruger LCP .380
according to safety procedure when it discharged. Another state
representative, Jeff Greer, was in the room at the time but was not
hurt. The bullet lodged in a bookcase, the TV station reported.
Greg Stumbo, speaker of the House, asked state police to investigate the
incident. Stumbo told WHAS-TV that many lawmakers are armed and he
admitted to carrying a gun at the Capitol in the past.
Combs told the TV station that she now plans to carry a revolver instead of the semi-automatic gun that accidentally fired.
The station reported that a KSP official said no charges would be filed.
