The death of Jorge Arias seemed like a freak accident — the veteran U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot to death by a colleague during a training session at a popular outdoor gun range off Tamiami Trail in West Miami-Dade.
But so-called “unintended discharge” shootings involving law enforcement officers happen more often than the public may realize, experts say.
A Doral officer, hit just inches from his heart, survived one three years ago. And in the last four months alone, there have been at least three training shootings nationally.
