Gun fired in Phila. police station

SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - July 1, 2009 - (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia police sergeant is on administrative duty after a gun discharged inside a police station Wednesday morning.

It happened around 8:00 a.m. in the 12th district police station at 6448 Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

Authorities say Sgt. Robin Himmons was showing a newly graduated police officer how to use a gun in the operations room when it fired.

Nobody was hurt.

Internal affairs is investigating.

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