A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop.

An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has been charged with incompetence after shooting a man with his own gun at a traffic stop.

JSO officers pulled over the driver on Dec. 13, saying he ran a red light, while the driver insisted it was yellow when he went through it, according to an internal affairs report. A male officer asked the driver if he had anything “crazy” in the car, and the man told him he had a gun on him, according to the report.

A traffic stop in Florida ended with a man being accidentally shot in the leg with his gun, according to body cam footage released by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida police officer is without a job after accidentally firing a man’s gun during a traffic stop. On Dec. 13, 2024, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer stopped a vehicle for running a red light. Two other officers, including one identified as M. Cardwell, responded to the traffic stop.