Tampa Firefighter’s Fiancée Accidentally Shot By His Gun: Deputies

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Saturday night shooting that resulted in a Tampa firefighter’s fiancée suffering non-life threatening injuries.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies received a suspicious incident call just before 10:45 p.m. March 11. The caller reported seeing a man putting a woman into the back seat of a 2012 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck in the area of Pasadena Avenue South and Park Street.

An alert was subsequently put out on the truck, resulting in St. Petersburg Police officers pulling the vehicle over a short time later, a Sunday email from the sheriff’s office said.

When officers and deputies questioned the two people in the Tacoma they learned that Logan D. McClain, 29, and his fiancée Mareth Reum, 28, were on their to their St. Petersburg home when McClain attempted to retrieve his handgun from his truck’s center console.

The gun went off, striking Reum in the right thigh while she was driving, the sheriff’s office said.

“McClain accessed the injury, rendered aid and placed Reum in the back seat of the vehicle, electing to transport Reum to Bayfront Hospital,” the email said.

McClain is employed as a Tampa firefighter, the agency noted. After law enforcement spoke with the couple, Reum was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of injuries that are described as non-life threatening.

McClain has a valid concealed carry permit, the sheriff’s office noted. “Foul play does not appear to be a factor,” the agency wrote.

Charges have not been announced. The investigation remains active.

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