Charges: Renton ‘13 hours’ shooter blamed groping stranger

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King County prosecutors contend Dane Gallion shot a woman in the shoulder when his gun discharged last Thursday night during a showing of “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.” Gallion, 29, was charged Tuesday with third-degree assault, a felony.

Writing the court, Deputy Prosecutor Margo Martin said Gallion cocked his pistol while taking in the Michael Bay-directed action movie. Investigators claim Gallion said he was cradling his 9 mm pistol because he was afraid of mass violence.

“He could not provide any explanation for why he had put a round in the chamber of his gun,” Martin told the court.

Gallion, a concealed-pistol permit holder, apparently had armed himself with a pistol that didn’t have a safety. Almost all firearms are equipped with safety devices that make it extremely difficult to discharge them accidentally.

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