[Arkan]

I handle firearms all the time and this story doesn't jive with me. When you release the magazine, there's still a round in the chamber. You need to "rack the slide" to eject that round....meaning, you grasp the top of the slide with your weak hand and move it to the rear most position while keeping your trigger finger of the strong hand OUTSIDE the trigger guard. When the slide reaches back, the chambered round will fly out of the ejection port and land on the ground. If i were a betting man, i'd say the agent had his finger in the trigger guard while attempting to rack the slide and squeezed the trigger while making the hand movements causing the firearm to discharge. He needs to go back to firearms training.

Also, whenever you're in firearms training, or showing how to handle a firearm, you never use "live" rounds. You always use training rounds that don't have a live primer and powder in the case. The bullet is usually orange in color. This guy screwed everything up.