Shooting At John Wayne Airport, Employee Taken To Hospital

SANTA ANA, CA —An Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy's gun accidentally went off Wednesday morning at John Wayne Airport, striking an airport employee in the arm.

The "unintentional discharge" of the service weapon occurred about 7 a.m. in the airport's terminal administrative office, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department.

The woman, an administrator for the airport, was struck by a round that "penetrated a wall," Braun said.

Paramedics took the woman to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Sergeant, assigned to the airport, was there in an official capacity and will update the report when that information is received.

The weapon discharge is currently under investigation, according to Orange County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Breckner.