STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The man who accidentally fired his gun during a youth baseball game in Steamboat Springs on June 15 is a Wyoming police officer.
Markum King, a 37-year-old officer with the Cheyenne Police Department, has been charged with disorderly conduct, a class 2 misdemeanor, and reckless endangerment, a class 3 misdemeanor.
“No comment at this time while the case is pending,” said King’s Steamboat attorney Sean Brown.
Just before 4:30 p.m. June 15, Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were dispatched to the north baseball field at Ski Town Park off Pine Grove Road for a report of shots fired.
According to a police report, King had a concealed-carry permit and unintentionally fired a single shot from a small, semi-automatic handgun into the dirt beneath the bleachers. The bullet grazed his buttock and drew some blood. He was otherwise uninjured.
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