PBSO commander stunned, and lucky, after accidentally firing his gun

By at 17 November, 2009, 4:47 pm

Eisenberg, here with PBC Commish Burt Aaronson (The Palm Beach Post) A respected Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office captain is under Internal Affairs investigation today for firing a gun in his cramped office, in the presence of two other people. No one was hurt, but PBSO spokeswoman Teri Barbera tells me Capt. Matt Eisenberg , 49, a 25-year veteran of the agency and the commander of a district west of Boca Raton, is the target of the incident review. “We still don’t know exactly what happened, but it appears there was an accidental discharge,” Barbera said. “I.A. will have to determine if procedures were properly followed.” A PBSO source

tells Page2Live that the captain was at his desk at District 7 on 441 with two Glock handguns. One was loaded and the other empty. I’m told the captain mentally lost track of the loaded firearm when he received a phone call. After he hung up, Eisenberg supposedly picked up one weapon and placed it between his legs to dry fire it towards the floor. A round went off — startling the commander and two others, a deputy and a civilian crime analyst. Eisenberg remains at his post pending the I.A. report.

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PBSO commander stunned, and lucky, after accidentally firing his gun

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