Brilliant Detective Work

From the Cedartown (GA) Standard:

5/12/05

A Centre, Ala. man reportedly shot himself three times by accident while cleaning his gun on May 6. From Polk County police reports: Kole Eugene Maxwell, 18, of 10370 County Road, Centre, Ala., was transported to Polk Medical Center for several gun shot wounds to his right side. Police met with Maxwell at the hospital, where he said that he was cleaning his 9 mm pistol when it went off. According to reports, Maxwell would not or could not tell the officer what address he was at when the incident occurred. Police attempted to speak to the subject who had brought Maxwell to the hospital, though, the subject had already left. The scene was then turned over to investigators with the Polk County Police Department. Maxwell was treated and released from Polk Medical Center.

Oh, nothing fishy goin' on here! Yup, all's right as rain. So say the Polk County "investigators."

My dog would make a better detective. Of course, he can't count or utilize inductive logic, but that doesn't appear to be on the short list of requirements for becoming an "investigator" with the Polk County Police Department.

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