Agents accidentally shot while gun being holstered

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EL PASO — Two federal agents wounded in an accidental shooting at the federal courthouse were shot when a U.S. Marshal's gun went off as he was trying to holster it, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Officials with the U.S. Marshal Service said a deputy marshal and a U.S. Border Patrol agent suffered gunshot wounds Monday morning when the marshal was trying to holster his gun after removing it from a security locker. The agents were in a secure hallway on the courthouse's third floor.

The agents, whose names have not been released, were treated at a local hospital after the incident and have since been released.

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Guns do not discharge accidentally, someone was playing with it.

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