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Report: Fumbled pistol discharged, killing 24-year Navy veteran
06:05 PM EDT on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
WILLIAMSBURG (AP) -- The Navy says a 53-year-old reservist who was accidentally shot in June fumbled his pistol during weapons training.
Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald D. Spivey of Franklin died June 21 from a gunshot wound to the chest during training at Cheatham Annex, part of Yorktown Naval Weapons Station in Williamsburg.
A Navy report obtained by The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk says Spivey was transferring his 9 mm between hands when it slipped, spun around and fired into his chest when he grabbed it.
The 24-year reservist was an experienced shooter. In 2005, he qualified as a sharpshooter using a 9 mm pistol and as a marksman on the M16 rifle.
Spivey served with the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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