Back-Flipping FBI Agent Charged With Assault, Turns Himself In

DENVER, CO – Chase Bishop, the back-flipping FBI agent whose dance moves went viral when he accidentally discharged a gun in a crowded Denver bar, was charged Tuesday with 2nd-degree assault, the Denver District Attorney's Office said.

Bishop, 29, turned himself in to the Denver Sheriff's Office and is listed as in custody on the Denver Sheriff's website. Bishop had a bail hearing Tuesday morning where his bail was set at $1,000, according to the site. Bishop is next scheduled to appear in court at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday.

An arrest affidavit is currently sealed for this case, said Maro Casparian of the DA's office.

Denver County DA Beth McCann said additional charges may be filed based on the results of a pending blood alcohol content (BAC) analysis of the defendant, which has not yet been received.

“We are filing this charge now rather than waiting until the BAC report is received, which we understand could take another week, because sufficient evidence has been presented to file it,” McCann said. “If an additional charge needs to be filed after further evidence is received, we can file those charges then.”

Bishop was off-duty and dancing at Mile High Spirits, 2201 Lawrence Street, June 2 around 12:30 a.m., when he executed a back flip, which caused a gun to dislodge from a holster and fall to the floor. In a viral video, Bishop picks up the gun, which discharges into a crowd. He throws up his hands and walks away from the camera.

The bullet shot Thomas Reddington, 24, a Denver resident who had gone to the club with friends.

"We sat down at one of these picnic tables and I heard a loud bang and thought, oh, some idiot set off a fire cracker," Reddington said in an interview on Good Morning America. "My leg from the knee down became completely red. That's when it clicked in my head, 'Oh, I've been shot.'"

Reddington went in and out of consciousness as a good Samaritan made a tourniquet out of a belt to keep him from bleeding. Emergency personnel took him to a hospital, where doctors said the bullet struck the anterior tibial artery, Reddington's lawyer told the Denver Post.

Police said it would take weeks for blood tests to determine whether the Washington DC-based Bishop was drinking.

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Image via Denver Police Dept.