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Police officer suspended after accidentally firing his gun in a strip club bathroom while off-duty



An off-duty California police officer terrified strip club patrons when he allegedly walked into the nightspot's men's restroom at 1:38 a.m. and accidentally fired his gun.


According to the police report, Gonzales office Chase Delatte went to the Crazy Horse Cabaret's restroom to make sure his personal firearm in his ankle holster was loaded.


While examining it the Glock hangdun accidentally fired.


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Officer Delatte was allegedly at the Crazy Horse Cabaret checking his Glock in the bathroom when the gun discharged

'Well basically I just heard a really big bang,' one employe told the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office, speaking on condition of anonymity.


Another said: 'I heard a loud shot sound. After the shot I immediately smelled a faint smell of gun powder.'

Yet another said: 'I saw Chase Delatte walking out of the bathroom to the table he was sitting at before.'




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Finally: 'I went into the men's restroom where I saw a bullet casing on the floor and a hole in the door.'

Delatte allegedly walked from the restroom after the gun went off, returned to his table, paid his tab, and left the club.



Club patrons told police they were terrified by the loud gunshot

The Gonzales police not authorized to carry a firearm into a bar while off duty.

A surveillance video corroborates the witness accounts, KAIT8 reported.


Investigators found Delatte at home later that morning. He told them the gun accidentally fired.

A police report from the interview described him as 'cooperative while speaking with him but a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emitting from his facial area.'






One unnamed employe told reporters she was stunned at his actions.

'I definitely would think that as a police officer you would do more to protect people than put people in danger and that was a real dangerous thing to be doing,' they said.



Eyewitness statements said Delatte simply paid his tab and left after the gun went off

Gonzales Police Sherman Jackson released a statement that read: 'Once I was notified of Officer Delatte's involvement, an investigation was initiated by my office. Our findings led to the recommendation and subsequent three-day suspension of Officer Delatte in regards to his conduct.'

The suspension is effective April 5.


'I know officer Delatte well and firmly believe him to be an officer of exceptional character,' Jackson added. 'We are thankful that no one was hurt.'

Delatte was last disciplined when he, Jackson, and other unnamed off-duty officers were in a speeding vehicle with a driver who refused to pull over for police.


The responding officer's report states that upon finally stopping at police headquarters, Delatte emerged from the car and said: 'Man, y'all ain't got no life.'

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