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killed a grandmother. it happened during a shoot/don t shoot scenario. the gun used had real bullets instead of blanks. michael paluska has more from a witness. she stood next to me as she was walking into the scenario and said, i do not know what heim doing, but this is going to be fun. those were the last things i heard from her. reporter: she said those final words to join wright, the president of the punta gorda chamber of commerce. the training session was exclusively for the members. she wasn t even supposed to be in the scenario. two stickers had been randomly placed throughout the room. one woman raised her hand that she d been picked. mary reached behind her, picked up the book and there was the sticker inside it. reporter: that s how fate placed nolton in front of that revolver. he squeezed the trigger then fired three rounds into her chest. wright thought it was all an her straight in the eye. i saw that anguish in her eye. when she hit the floor, i ....
priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. we were unaware that any live ammunition for this par particular weapon existed. we re learning about a man who shot and killed a punta gorda woman during a police exercise as police investigate why that gun whether concealed or not concealed, nobody can have a gun. that is the rule for public training exercises, according to a former tampa police officer. we re taking a look at what s supposed to happen during those kinds of demonstrations of. get in some type of confrontation, it s not worth anybody s life. that s a lesson a bay area man didn t take to heart until it was too late. what we re learning about a man killed today during a road rage fox 13 and the fox news starts now. i m kelly ring. thanks for joining us, everybody. we begin tonight with a shocking story out of punta gorda where a woman was killed while she was attending a civilian police presentation. during an exerc ....
you re watching fox 13 and the 11 o clock news starts now. how could it happen? how could a night of safety training at the punta gorda police department end up with the shooting of a volunteer? 73-year-old mary knollton was accidentally shot and killed tuesday night during a shoot/don t shoot exercise. there she is right there in the light blue. and it was an officer who pulled the trigger. fox 13 s haley hinds is in pun day at that governor da punta gorda where investigators are trying to figure out what went on. haley: she was very well known and very involved in the community. she supported the police, her son said, that s why she wanted to be a part of chamber police night. she and her husband were at the punta gorda police department tuesday. she was picked to be part of a shoot/don t shoot role play scenario. she is excited to do it. but during the exercise the she was taken to the hospital but died. officer cole had been with the department 2-1/2 years ....
tuesday. she was picked to be part of a shoot/don t shoot role play scenario. she is excited to do it. but during the exercise the 73-year-old was mistakenly shot with a live round. she was taken to the hospital but died. officer cole had been with the department 2-1/2 years. the recover he fired had been used in previous classes with no problem. how and why this happened is still a major question that the florida department of law en answer. we believe that the particular caliber of the weapon used, that there were only blank rounds available to the officer. being bitter and angry and hateful isn t going to bring her back. she was iconic and she lit up the room. she s a hero. reporter: officer cole is on administrative leave. we learned he was the subject of an internal investigation after an incident last year where he used his canine partner to take down an unarmed man on a bicycle that man was significantly injured. the department s canine policy changed. he s ....
new from overnight: a developing story in maryland. where an apartment building has ?exploded, injuring dozens of people. and the injured include at least two firefighters. this happened last night in silver spring, maryland just outside of washington d-c. firefighters arrived just before midnight and saw several buildings in flames. they believe the fire was sparked by a natural gas leak. the buildings are now just a pile of rubble. at least 25 people were hurt, including those firefighters. the firefighters are expected to be okay. several other people are unaccounted for. more on this story as it develops. a road rage shooting death in hillsborough county has a strange twist: turns out - the guy who was shot and killeda&actually killed a man 15 years agoain another road rage case! fox 13 s shayla reaves joins us now an update now, on the tragic shooting at a police training academy in punta gorda. we re learning more about the woman killed. and the officer who pulle ....