A witness told police the 20-year-old found a package of socks on the ground, and an argument broke out after the man — a stranger to the 20-year-old — accused him of stealing the socks, according to the police department. The man was later identified as Jerome Alexander Parker, police said.

Leslie Boileau, a sheriff’s deputy in Marion County, Fla., said that he had “accidentally discharged” a loaded gun at his girlfriend, as they were cleaning and dry-firing guns during a lesson.

A Florida sheriff deputy was arrested and fired after he shot his girlfriend in an accident. Authorities said it happened during a "sloppy training."

A Florida sheriff’s deputy allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend while he was showing her how to clean the gun, according to reports. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Leslie Boileau, who had been drinking,

A north Florida deputy was arrested on manslaughter charges after telling investigators that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun, authorities said.