COVINGTON -- A 75-year-old Carr Circle man accidentally shot himself in the early morning hours Thursday, according to Newton County Coroner Tommy Davis.
#"We do believe it to be an accidental shooting. He was getting ready to go to work, getting in his car when an accidental discharge of the weapon occurred," Davis said.
#The victim was James T. Smith, a longtime employee with Lester Lackey & Sons Funeral Home.
I hope he didn't do this because business was slow.
TOWN OF WASHINGTON, Wis. (WEAU) - Police investigated a double shooting in the Town of Washington Tuesday.
Shortly after 4pm, they were called to the 3000 block of Blakely.
A man was handling a gun he'd just purchased earlier in the day, and it went off.
This happened in a car outside the home.
A single bullet went through the man's arm and entered the arm of a woman who was also in the car.
Both were treated at a local hospital. Emergency crews told WEAU.com those involved would be okay.
Police say this was nothing more than an accident.
The incident does, however, stand as a reminder to ensure any weapon you're handling is either unloaded or if it is loaded, is pointed in a safe direction.
And then they give bad gun safety advice.
I learned treat EVERY gun as loaded and always point it in a safe direction.
STARKSBORO — David Harding, 29, of Starksboro received a shotgun blast to a foot when a gun accidentally discharged, Vermont State Police said.
Senior Trooper Justin Busby said police were told that Harding was firing a shotgun at a target behind his residence at 2769 Big Hollow Road about 3:10 p.m. Saturday. Busby said investigation revealed that Harding was trying to reload the shotgun when it discharged “causing a significant injury.”
I guess, if he'd been able to load 100 rounds into the shotgun to begin with, he wouldn't have had the accident when he had to reload.
0 Replies
Region Philbis
3
Reply
Wed 27 Feb, 2013 02:22 pm
in a related story, the dog also ate the man's homework...
Quote:
Man Accidentally Shot by Dog, Police Say Updated Feb 27, 2013 at 1:40 PM EST
According to a report from Highlands Today, 35-year-old Florida resident Gregory Dale Lanier was
injured over the weekend after begin accidentally shot in the leg by his. ... dog. The man and dog
were driving in the man's vehicle when the dog kicked a gun that was on the truck's floor, causing
it to fire, according to the report from Highlands Today.
An Orange woman accidentally shot herself in the leg while removing groceries from her vehicle Tuesday, Feb. 26. Madison Bass, 17, told officer Joshua Dempsey that she was unloading groceries from the family car.
She stated that when she pulled some bags from the back seat, a black camera case with two handguns in it fell to the ground. As the case fell, a .25 caliber Titan handgun accidentally discharged and struck Bass in the right leg between her ankle and knee.
0 Replies
parados
2
Reply
Thu 28 Feb, 2013 01:33 pm
Arming teachers obviously will have a few issues.
Quote:
Van school worker shot during gun training class
By KENNETH DEAN [email protected]
The Tyler Morning Telegraph has learned that a Van Independent School District employee accidentally was shot during a district-sponsored concealed handgun license class on Wednesday.
The class was part of an effort to permit teachers to carry firearms on VISD campuses.
Leslie Goode, a Van ISD school board member, confirmed that "there was an accident involving one of the employees today."
0 Replies
parados
2
Reply
Thu 28 Feb, 2013 03:49 pm
Quote:
NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. -
A North Freedom man was shot in the foot while cleaning his gun, according to the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to the Bluff View Trailer Park on U.S. Highway 12 at 12:16 a.m. on Wednesday for a report of a man who had shot himself in the foot.
Daniel W. Cloyd, 36, was taken to the hospital for treatment and later arrested on suspicion of intoxicated use of a firearm.
Deputies said Cloyd admitted to consuming intoxicants before cleaning his gun.
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself and Wife While Holstering His Handgun
Accidental Discharge: Rochester Man Shoots His Hand and Wife’s Leg While Putting Gun Away Into New Holster
A Rochester man may face criminal charges after he accidentally fired his handgun Wednesday afternoon in the Sunbird’s parking lot, shooting himself in the hand and his wife in the leg, while he was trying to put his loaded handgun to a new holster.
Both the 40-year-old man and his wife, whose names have not been released by police, were initially transported to Providence Centralia Hospital shortly after noon Wednesday, according to Chehalis police. The man’s wife, a 35-year-old Rochester-area woman, was later transported to Harborview Medical Center. She likely has a broken leg.
Cherokee County man admits to accidentally shooting self on lunch break
Staff Reports
The victim in a Cherokee County shooting admitted to investigators the wound was self-inflicted.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said there were inconsistencies in Garret Scott Curtis's account of what happened and evidence, which lead them to believe the story may have been fabricated, according to a new release from the department.
The NOPD arrested a 15-year-old boy accused of accidentally shooting his 11-year-old brother in the leg Thursday night. The 15-year-old will be booked on a charge of negligent injuring, said officer Frank Robertson III, spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department.
0 Replies
parados
2
Reply
Sat 2 Mar, 2013 11:55 am
It looks like Thursday was "Accidentally shoot yourself Day" in Stockton
Quote:
Two men shot in leg in separate incidents; third man shoots himself
By The Record
March 01, 2013 9:36 AM
STOCKTON – Two men were shot in the leg Thursday night in unrelated incidents, while a third man accidentally shot himself in the leg and ended up being arrested by police on weapons charges
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Richmond County deputies have learned details about the shooting incident that happened at the Fox Den Apartments.
Deputies arrived after 9:30 p.m Thursday to find 20-year-old John Fredrick Mack with a gunshot wound in the inner left thigh.
Initially, investigators were looking for a suspect but later learned Mack accidentally shot himself in the leg.
0 Replies
parados
2
Reply
Sat 2 Mar, 2013 11:58 am
Quote:
BALTIMORE —A Baltimore City sheriff's deputy is in stable condition after falling victim to an accidental shooting.
Authorities told 11 News that the deputy accidentally shot him or herself in the hip around 8 a.m. Friday inside the Juvenile Justice Center on Gay Street in Baltimore.
The deputy had to be taken to Shock Trauma and hasn't been identified yet.
A man died at a shooting range in Waldorf, Md., Saturday after what police think was an accidental gun discharge.
Police found Patrick Allen Richards, 61, of Hughesville, Md., dead from a gunshot wound at the St. Charles Sportsman's Club around 9:23 a.m., the Associated Press reported.
Just days after it was reported that a dog in Florida accidentally shot a man in the leg, another dog apparently managed to fire a pistol with his paw. According to a report by the Eagle-Tribune on March 3, the shooter this time was a Police K-9 in Lawrence, Mass.
Ivan, who is on the rolls of the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, was assisting Lt. John Pickles in the recovery of the weapon after it was tossed into a snowbank. Police responded to a call about gunshots being heard in the vicinity of Reservoir and Haverhill Streets at approximately 2 a.m. Saturday and noticed a vehicle with three male occupants fleeing the scene. When Officer Jeff Hart gave chase, one of the suspects tossed the weapon out the window.
When a K-9 unit was called for backup to assist in locating the gun, Ivan apparently pulled the trigger while digging to uncover the weapon. The bullet was fired into a home on Crescent Street, but unlike the earlier incident where the dog’s owner was shot in the leg, no one was hurt by the accidental discharge.
Ivan has not been suspended as a result of the incident, and it’s unknown whether he was praised for locating the pistol, or reprimanded for unsafe procedures in the recovery of a weapon.
Police arrested a man Saturday after he pointed a gun at his ex-wife and himself and accidentally shot a refrigerator in a garage, according to a news release from the Springdale Police Department.
