Former Officer, Mayoral Candidate Injured In Accidental Shooting At West Elementary Playground Friday

Former Glenwood police officer and 2013 Glenwood mayoral candidate Douglas Trent Good has been identified as the man who sustained an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg while waiting in a vehicle for a child in the lower playground parking lot of West Elementary School Friday afternoon. Good was transported from the scene to a metro area hospital by Glenwood Rescue. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening. Good is a certified firearms instructor, providing gun handling instruction to individuals seeking a permit to carry.

Joe Foreman

Glenwood resident Douglas Trent Good, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the West Elementary School playground parking lot Friday afternoon, is taken to an ambulance.

Joe Foreman

Deputies Will Christensen and Bruce Paulsen inspect Trent Good's vehicle on the West Elementary playground Friday afternoon.

Douglas Trent Good

The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. after students had been released from classes.

Preliminary reports from law enforcement officers on the scene indicate Good drove his vehicle onto the playground to pick up a child from school. He allegedly shot himself in the leg with a 9mm handgun that was inside the vehicle.

No one else was injured in the incident. A child appearing to be 2 or 3 years old was removed from a child safety seat in the back seat of the vehicle by Glenwood police officers.

A handful of children and parents making after-school pickups were on the playground when the shooting took place.

The Glenwood Police Department and Mills County Attorney's Office are continuing an investigation into the incident.