"Her explanation was that she accidentally, in attempting to turn on the flashlight that's mounted to the gun, actually pulled the trigger," Wine said If that's her excuse, then she's very lucky the commonwealth only proposed a single count of second-degree assault and not reckless homicide. I don't buy that there was a lapse in training. Every officer on every department in Kentucky is taught to NOT put your finger on the trigger until you want to shoot. Especially not while fumbling around with