Arkansas man shoots and kills firefighter trying to help him

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/arkansas-man-shoots-and-kills-firefighter-trying-to-help-him/

Adams, 29, had responded to a report that a man had suffered a seizure and collapsed in suburban Little Rock, police said.

“We’re still interviewing witnesses, trying to put together what happened,” said Captain Carl Minden of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department.

Adams lived a short distance from the man he was trying to help, Minden said. The name of the shooter was not disclosed.

An ambulance driving through a winter storm took Adams to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Adams worked for the Sherwood, Arkansas, fire department and was a volunteer firefighter in a nearby unincorporated area where the shooting occurred

Texas Man Accidentally Shoots Himself In The Foot In Church

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A man accidentally shot himself in the foot in a church in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Wednesday evening, police told the Longview News-Journal.

The man accidentally discharged his pistol in the Davis Street Baptist Church's family life center, according to the News-Journal. He sustained minor injuries, and nobody else was hurt, police said.

Texas' new open carry law went into effect in at the beginning of this year. The law allows private businesses to ban the open carry of firearms. And the Catholic diocese in the state is putting up signs noting that its churches have banned weapons.