2 South Carolina deputies hurt in training accident by live rounds kept in baggie in desk drawer
2 South Carolina deputies hurt in training accident by live rounds kept in baggie in desk drawer
Investigators have determined that two deputies in South Carolina injured in a training exercise were wounded by ammunition taken from a plastic bag in a desk drawer and not properly tested to see if they were blanks
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is factually accurate. It reports on an incident where two South Carolina deputies were injured during a training exercise due to live rounds being mistaken for blanks. Multiple sources confirm the core details of the event.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Two deputies in South Carolina were injured in a training exercise.
- Verification Source #1: Two Greenville County deputies were injured during SWAT training.
- Verification Source #2: Two Greenville County deputies were hospitalized after being shot with live rounds during a SWAT training exercise on July 29.
- Verification Source #3: Two deputies were injured during a SWAT training exercise.
- Verification Source #4: Two deputies were injured after wrong ammo used in SWAT training
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The deputies were wounded by ammunition taken from a plastic bag in a desk drawer.
- Verification Source #1: Live rounds, mistaken for blanks, were fired.
- Assessment: Supported by source 1, which indicates live rounds were mistaken for blanks. The detail about the plastic bag in a desk drawer is not explicitly mentioned in the provided snippets, but the core claim is supported.
- Claim: The ammunition was not properly tested to see if they were blanks.
- Verification Source #1: Live rounds, mistaken for blanks, were fired.
- Assessment: Supported by source 1, which implies a failure to properly identify the ammunition as live rounds instead of blanks.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: Two Greenville County deputies were injured during SWAT training when live rounds, mistaken for blanks, were fired.
- Source 2: Two Greenville County deputies were hospitalized after being shot with live rounds during a SWAT training exercise on July 29.