ORLANDO, Fla. _ A federal officer accidentally shot his left foot Tuesday morning in Orlando International Airport's busy passenger lobby near the Hyatt hotel, startling scores of people who were nearby.
Law enforcement at the scene said the man was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from Kansas City on vacation.
Wearing civilian clothes, including a T-shirt depicting an American flag and the word "PROUD," he was treated in a wheelchair and then walked to a stretcher.
He was taken to a hospital, according to officers there.
An Orlando Police Department statement identified the man only as a federal agent, saying that while "unslinging a shoulder bag, the bag caught on the agent's holstered weapon."
"While the weapon was falling, the agent tried to catch the firearm and inadvertently pulled the trigger. A bullet hit the agent in the heel and was recovered a few feet away," according to the statement.
The Orlando police statement said no one else was injured and that there was no disruption of airport operations.
Many people in the open space near the hotel were unsettled by the loud bang. While it wasn't immediately clear what had happened, several airport workers said they were certain they had heard a gunshot.
Later, as the man was being treated, officers photographed what appeared to be small tear in the carpeting where the man had been sitting.
