Florida police officer who accidentally shot his girlfriend while cleaning his gun charged with manslaughter

“I know this looks really bad,” Deputy Leslie Boileau told authorities when they arrived at his home.

A Florida police officer has been charged with manslaughter after accidentally shooting his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.

According to a press release from Ocala Police, Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Leslie Boileau called 9-1-1 on the evening of Thursday, September 19, to report that he had accidentally shot his girlfriend.

“Upon arrival, officers found the victim with a fatal gunshot wound to the forehead. A 9mm pistol was observed on the victim's lap and a rifle was also present at the scene,” the press release states.

According to the press release, Boileau told officers during questioning that the shooting was “accidental” and stated that it occurred while he and his girlfriend were “fiddling with the firearms and dry firing them.”

“Dry firing” involves firing a firearm without any ammunition in the chamber.

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Boileau said the two came home from dinner when they opened a package of gun cleaning supplies and began cleaning the weapons.

According to an arrest report obtained by FOX 13, Boileau stated that during the incident he “grabbed the rifle and dry fired it once” and during the second dry fire attempt “he forgot to put the loaded magazine in the rifle, which resulted in a live bullet being fired in the direction of (his girlfriend), ultimately killing her.”

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