Man Shot By Denver FBI Agent: "I Couldn't Help but Laugh"

DENVER, CO – The 24-year-old Denver-area man who was shot in the leg by a back-flipping FBI agent said he had an initial reaction when he saw the viral video of the incident at Mile High Spirits.

"When I saw him do a back flip, I couldn't help but laugh," Thomas Reddington said in an interview Thursday on Good Morning America.

Washington-DC-based Chase Bishop, 29 accidentally discharged his gun around 12:45 a.m. after a series of intense dance moves, which have gone viral.

Reddington, who moved from Chicago to Denver in January to work at an Amazon fulfillment center, said he went dancing with friends at the Denver watering hole.

"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 the interview. "My leg from the knee down became completely red. That's when it clicked in my head, 'Oh, I've been shot.'"

But Reddington's injury was no laughing matter.

A man at the bar fashioned a tourniquet from a belt to stop the bleeding, as Reddington slipped in and out of consciousness, he said, losing a lot of blood. Emergency personnel took him to a hospital, where doctors said the bullet struck the anterior tibial artery, Reddington's lawyer told the Denver Post.

Now Reddington is worried that he is unable to work at his job, which involves walking five-to-ten miles a day and lifting things.

Denver police said it might take weeks until lab results come back showing whether Bishop was drinking. Patch's messages to the Denver FBI office for comment were not returned.

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The management at Mile High Spirits said that firearms were forbidden in their establishment. They posted a statement offering Reddington "complimentary drinks forever."

Reddington said he didn't want Bishop to get in trouble.

"There was no pointing, there was no aiming. I don't blame the guy. I don't want to ruin his life. I just want a private call from this guy," he told Good Morning America.

Watch the GMA interview here.

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