PNO-II-88-030A, on 880517,during Police Interview,Security Officer at Turkey Point Admitted That Story Told Last Week of Exchanging Shots W/Three Unidentified Persons During Early Morning Hours of 880506 Near Plant False

PNO-II-88-030A:on 880517,during Police Interview,Security Officer at Turkey Point Admitted That Story Told Last Week of Exchanging Shots W/Three Unidentified Persons During Early Morning Hours of 880506 Near Plant False

ML20212C599
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	05/17/1988
From:	Ennis J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:
References
PNO-II-88-030A, PNO-II-88-30A, NUDOCS 9710300043
Download: ML20212C599 (1)

{{#Wiki_filter:f %J,f8M [ ' May 17, 1988 J NINARYNOTIFICATIONOFEVENTORUNUSUALOCCURRENCEPNO-II-88-30A

 .This preliminary notification.-constitutes EARLY notice of events of POSSIBLE safety or public-interest significance. The information is as initially received without verifi-cation' tir evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region II staff on this date.

FACILITY: Florida Power & Light Company Licensee Emergency Classification: Turkey Joint Units 3 & 4 Notification of Unusual Event 4 Docket No. 50-250/50-251 Homestead Florida g', - Alert Site Area Emergency

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UPDATEONEXCHANGEOFGUNFIREINVOLVINGSECURITYGUARD(PNO-II-88-30) This PN updates PNO-II-88-30, issued May 6,1988, and is being issued for information purposes only. The licensee has informed Region II that, during a police interview, a security officer at Turkey Point admitted that a story he told last week of exchanging shots with three

 - unidentified persons during the early morning hours of May 6 near the plant was false.

Acc:;rding to the licensee, the guard told police that he did encounter three unknown r~ ( 7nsjone in aofpicnic areamade the men outside theremarks racial protected area to him and and asked pushe what they were doing. He 1 him. The officer became l L%atened and drew his sidearm, accidentally discharging it during the process. This is ! allegedly what inflicted a fresh powder burn on the guard's arm.

 -The guard reportedly . told police that the discharged round struck the company pickup truck he was driving. The three men reportedly ran into the water and fled in two boats. The guard according to the licensee, fired five more shots, several of which hit the truck.

Driving away from the area, the guard told police that he realized -that he had not acted in accordance with company policy and decided to invent the anned intruder story. He reloaded his revolver, broke out the driver's side dndow on the truck, fired six rounds into the woods and returned to the plant and reported M t he had been fired upon. The guard's access to the plant has been terminated, and he has resigned from the contract security force. The St6te of Florida has declined to prosecute. _ I/ 6, 1 The State of Florida has been informed. I The IAT has been informed. 7 No follow-up is required. This information is current as of 12 noon on May 17, 1988. f~~~1T : J. Ennis - 242-5787 b C/R Distribution: Chm, Cmrs, c GPA, GC, CA, PDR, Historian, 971030004388by.h9 517 SECY, Records. PDR I&E PNO-II-80-030A PDR

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