COVINGTON, Ga. — A Texas sheriff will not face charges after he le ft his gun in a Covington Wendy's bathroom before a 15-year-old found it and accidentally fired it.

No one was injured in the incident. It happened Saturday at the Wendy's at 11120 Hwy. 142.

According to a Covington Police Department statement , the sheriff went to the bathroom with his grandson, unholstered the firearm, and then left it behind because the grandson was "reportedly being unruly" and distracted him.

The Grayson County Sheriff's Office in Texas said in an additional statement that Sheriff Tony Bennie was visiting family in Georgia and left the gun in the restroom because of "distractions."

Both statements said the 15-year-old later went into the restroom, "discovered the unsecured firearm, and whi

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