Thigpen shoots ten times and misses every time

I mean, this article from the Washington Post yesterday has to be a joke. Come on. Some guy with the name "Thigpen."

A security officer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center pulled a handgun and fired 10 rounds at a fellow guard during the morning rush hour yesterday at the hospital's main gate, striking no one but sending stray bullets into two cars and a utility pole, D.C. police said.

Police said the incident started on hospital grounds just inside the front gate along Georgia Avenue NW after one officer jokingly referred to an armed colleague as "retarded."

The offended security officer was identified by police as Dwan Thigpen, 34, a veteran of the Iraq war. Police said he emptied the magazine in his 9mm Beretta as he fired at his fleeing co-worker.

Thigpen, who is due in court today, was charged with assault with intent to kill while armed. He is an employee of a private company based in Virginia that has a contract with Walter Reed to provide security.

And this is how we outsource (privatize) security at our military installations now.