Salinas police: Off-duty officer cleaning gun mistakenly shoots self, kills bystander

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Salinas police: Off-duty officer cleaning gun mistakenly shoots self, kills bystander

By KTVU staff
Published October 26, 2022 6:58AM
Updated 9:26AM
Santa Cruz County
KTVU FOX 2

SALINAS, Calif. - An off-duty officer accidentally shot through his own hand and then hit and killed a 20-year-old man last week, according to the Salinas Police Department.

Santa Cruz officer Francisco Villicana was cleaning his personal gun Friday around 5:45 p.m. near the 1500 block of Antelope Drive when he mistakenly fired the single round that killed Luis Alfredo Ferro-Sanchez, police said.

When officers arrived to the scene they found Villicana with a gunshot wound to his hand, and Ferro-Sanchez to his upper torso. Both were taken to the hospital, where Ferro-Sanchez died.

"This tragic incident is devastating for everyone involved, and we acknowledge many people are grieving," said Santa Cruz Police Chief Bernie Escalante.

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1. No need to regulate firearms.

Perfectly safe in the hands (or what's left of a hand) a person trained in firearm safety.

That is what the R-Party in running on this year.

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2. You would think a trained

police officer....... Never mind.

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3. the leader of the oaf creepers

shot his own eye out showing off his gun.