Herbert Lee Evans Jr. was 23 and a nine-month member of the Augusta Police Department when he was killed on July 3, 1988, inside the Augusta-Richmond County Joint Law Enforcement Center. A fellow officer was handling a service revolver that accidentally discharged; a single bullet struck Evans in the chest. He was taken to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and died a short time later.

The officer who fired the weapon resigned from the department and was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Evans left behind a wife, a son, his mother, a stepfather, and a sister. The death occurred during a routine moment among colleagues rather than in the line of street duty.

Did anyone who knew Herbert or worked at the law enforcement center in 1988 ever discuss what safety changes, if any, followed this incident?