The Houston Police Department has banned a firearm linked to several misfire cases around the country that is used by around a quarter of the agency’s officers.
The decision to prohibit the Sig Sauer model P320 pistol comes after attorneys for Houston police officer Richard Fernandez Jr. filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and a local Houston shop, alleging Fernandez’s misfired while he was directing traffic ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade.
The misfire sent a bullet through his right calf that lodged in his ankle, according to the lawsuit…