FBI agent whose gun went off when he dropped it while dancing in a bar is charged

An FBI agent has been charged with second-degree assault after he was accused of accidentally firing a gun that fell while he was dancing in a bar.

Chase Bishop turned himself in after a video of the incident, that saw a patron at the Mile High Spirits and Distillery bar in Denver wounded in the leg, quickly went viral.

Denver District Attorney Beth McCann charged the 29-year-old, who was off-duty at the time, on Tuesday.

Police have said Bishop was dancing at the downtown bar on June 2 when the gun fell from his waistband holster on to the floor.

The firearm went off when he picked it up, and another customer suffered a serious but non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower leg.

Additional charges could be filed based on the results of toxicology tests, which have not yet been received.

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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said: ‘We are filing (the assault) charge now rather than waiting until the (blood alcohol content) report is received, which we understand could take another week, because sufficient evidence has been presented to file it.

‘If an additional charge needs to be filed after further evidence is received, we can file those charges then.’

The FBI would not comment on the case ‘in order to preserve the integrity of the ongoing investigation’.

Spokeswoman Amy Sanders said: ‘The FBI will continue to fully cooperate with the Denver Police Department and the Denver District Attorney’s Office as this matter proceeds through the judicial process.’