Local news reports via Southern Beale
A baseball-size hole surrounded by hanging shards of glass on a second story window at Flippin City Hall are evidence of a recent incident during which Flippin Mayor James “J.J.” Hudson said he accidentally discharged a rifle seized by the police.
“It’s all been taken care of; it’s all been cleaned up,” Hudson said Wednesday. “I’m not going to have any further comment on it.”
Nine days after the incident, the window had not been repaired. Large shards of glass could be seen hanging over the entrance of city hall Wednesday.
Flippin Police Chief Dusty Smith wrote a report regarding the incident, which occurred in his second floor, city hall office. Smith’s report contains the following narrative:
On 09/09/13 at approximately 9:28 a.m. I was in my office located at 239 East Main St in Flippin speaking with someone on the phone.
Mayor Hudson came to my office and picked up a firearm that was in my office.
I heard a loud shot and looked up and observed the southeast corner window of my office broken.
Mayor Hudson stated that the firearm had went off. Mayor Hudson advised me that he was attempting to unload the firearm and that the ammunition in it had jammed.
That last part is chock full of Arkansasisms. The gun "had went off." And the Mayor blamed it on a the jammed ammo.
Maybe Greg can translate this for us.
