Police investigate possible accidental shooting
Chattanooga (11-16-15) Deputies from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department are investigating a possible accidental shooting at a home in Harrison, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
A victim was transported to an area hospital from 6612 Waconda Point Road. The 911 call came in just before 5:00 p.m.
The injury is not believed to be life-threatening, but deputies from the criminal investigation division are following up at the scene.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/nov/16/police-investigate-possible-accidental-shooting/336018/
Moorhead hunter airlifted after accidental shooting
NEAR DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (11-16-15) – A Moorhead hunter was seriously injured after his brother-in-law accidentally shot him in the leg on the outskirts of Detroit Lakes over the weekend, according to Detroit Lakes Police Chief Tim Eggebraaten.
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Donald Dorff, 57, was life-flighted out of Detroit Lakes on Saturday evening to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
The call for help came in shortly before 6 p.m. from hunting property on the southwest side of Long Lake.
According to Eggebraaten, Dorff and his brother-in-law, Dennis Mahoney, 69, of Plymouth were attempting to unload a pistol when it malfunctioned.
“The two men were looking at it and trying to clear the malfunction, and it discharged at that point,” Eggebraaten said. “The officers that responded and talked to the victim and the other gentleman (Mahoney), determined that there were no arguments or anything to indicate there was anything intentional at all.”
Eggebraaten says the bullet went through Dorff’s leg and out the other side.
“It looks like it did hit the artery, but he was conscious and alert and answering questions,” Eggebraaten said.
http://www.inforum.com/news/3883994-moorhead-hunter-airlifted-after-accidental-shooting
AREA MAN VICTIM OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
(11-16-15) An area man lost most of his pinkie finger in a shooting incident on Saturday.
According to a report from a Saline County Sheriff's deputy, an investigation revealed the incident happened on Thompson Lane in Slater.
The shooting happened when two men were loading wood on a quadwheeler. One of the men went to the front of the quadwheeler to get a ratchet strap, which was connected to a 30-odd-6 shotgun. The gun accidentally discharged, and Joseph Fenslage was shot in the hand.
After an investigation by the deputy and Conservation Agent, Chase Wright, it was determined to be an accidental shooting.
Fenslage was then transported to University Hospital in Columbia for treatment.
http://www.kmmo.com/LocalNews/AREA-MAN-VICTIM-OF-ACCIDENTAL-SHOOTING-11-16-15RK/22180861
Bath police say shooting of woman in Shaw’s parking lot apparently an accident
A woman is taken to Maine Medical Center with a gunshot wound to her head after being found in a car in the store's parking lot.
FROM STAFF REPORTS (11-16-15)
Bath police are investigating what they believe to be an accidental shooting that happened Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Shaw’s supermarket off Route 1.
Lt. Robert Savary said police and emergency responders were notified at 3:54 p.m. that someone had been shot.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a car who had a gunshot wound to her head. She was initially taken by ambulance to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick before being transferred to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Her condition and name are not available yet.
Savary said the person who shot the woman has been identified and is an acquaintance of the victim.
Savary said police interviewed several witnesses.
“Initial indications are that the shooting was accidental, but the incident is ongoing and still being investigated,” Savary said in a press release.
No arrests have been made. Police are trying to contact the victim’s family.
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/16/bath-police-investigating-shooting-in-shaws-parking-lot/
Police: Elks Lodge shooting ruled accidental, not linked to Franklin Borough shooting
By Jocelyn Brumbaugh jbrumbaugh@tribdem.com
(11-16-15) Two men have been charged after a shooting incident at a Johnstown Elks Lodge early Saturday, which Johnstown police have ruled accidental.
Tresean Wiggins, 25, of Solomon Homes in Johnstown and Rudolph B. Davis, 23, of Newburgh, New York, were both charged with providing false information and identification to police after the incident Saturday.
Capt. Andrew Frear of the Johnstown Police Department said the shooting has been ruled accidental and not related to a shooting at the bar formerly known as Johnnie No-Nex in Franklin Borough around the same time Saturday.
According to a police affidavit, Johnstown police responded to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center after 3:30 a.m. when Davis arrived for a gunshot wound to the upper leg. During interviews, both Davis and Wiggins provided officers with false names and indicated that an unknown suspect had shot Davis in the leg at the Elks lodge on Horner Street.
Officers later found a pair of men's boxer underwear in a plastic bag in a Dumpster outside of Solomon Homes that were bloody and were disfigured in the area Davis was shot. Davis left the hospital before officers confirmed his identity and was later located at Wiggins' residence at the Solomon Homes, the affidavit says.
Investigators say they believe Davis was in possession of a .22-caliber firearm that discharged and struck him in the upper left leg. Davis was wanted by New York State Division of Parole for a parole violation from a 2012 robbery conviction that prevented him from obtaining a license to carry a firearm, police said.
Upon executing a search warrant at Wiggins' apartment, officers found 33 stamp bags of heroin, $700 in cash, Wiggins' identification and a .22-caliber handgun, which was loaded. The affidavit says Wiggins took ownership of the heroin and told police he was selling it.
Davis has been charged with persons not to possess a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, obstructing law enforcement, false identification to a law enforcement officer and two counts of making false reports.
Wiggins is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture or deliver, hindering apprehension, tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, obstructing law enforcement, false identification to law enforcement, intent to possess a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
http://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/police-elks-lodge-shooting-ruled-accidental-not-linked-to-franklin/article_1c38b5dd-03c6-5ec5-b7e5-b01de8c7400e.html
Sheriff: Woman accidentally shot in face at Greene County estate auction
GREENE COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – (11-16-16) A woman was flown to the hospital Saturday morning after she was accidentally shot during an estate auction.
According to Greene County Sheriff Pat Hankins, deputies responded to a report of an accidental shooting at 16675 Kingsport Highway.
A .22 rifle, an item to be auctioned, was accidently discharged.
The bullet from the .22 rifle struck 63-year-old Julia Belle of Church Hill, TN, in the face.
Belle was flown to Holston Valley Hospital for treatment, according to Sheriff Hankins. Belle’s condition has not been released to the public at this time.
http://wjhl.com/2015/11/16/sheriff-woman-accidentally-shot-in-face-at-greene-county-estate-auction/
Man accidentally shoots self while hunting in Casco Twp.
(11-16-15) A 30-year-old man accidentally shot himself while hunting in Casco Township Sunday.
The incident happened Sunday evening, according to Capt. David Malloch, field coordinator for southern Michigan for the Department of Natural Resources law enforcement division.
Malloch said the man hunting in a tree stand took the safety off his gun to shoot a coyote. The man was unable to get a shot, and failed to put his safety back on.
When the man was ready to leave the tree stand he began to attach a drop line to his shotgun to lower it to the ground. While attaching the line, the shotgun went off.
A slug entered and exited the man’s thigh, then entered and exited his calf, Malloch said.
The man called a friend and the DNR was contacted to respond.
A conservation officer responded to the tree stand and applied a tourniquet to the man’s leg. The officer transported the man out of the hunting area to EMS.
The man was taken to a Macomb hospital with injuries that were not life threatening.
Malloch said the accidental shooting was the second one during regular firearm season, which began Sunday. He said a man in Calhoun County also suffered non-fatal injuries after an accidental shooting Sunday morning.
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2015/11/16/man-accidentally-shoots-self-while-hunting-casco-twp/75870440/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=
2 Hunters Shoot Selves On 1st Day Of Michigan’s Firearms Deer Season
CLARENDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – Authorities say two men have wounded themselves in separate accidental shootings on the first day of Michigan’s firearm deer season.
The Calhoun County sheriff’s department says a 21-year-old was hunting Sunday morning in Clarendon Township when he dropped a semi-automatic shotgun while trying to remove his jacket. The department says the man was shot in the upper torso.
He was taken to a hospital for treatment. The wound wasn’t considered life-threatening. The shooting happened near the southern Michigan village of Homer, where the man lives.
In in St. Clair County, the sheriff’s department says a 30-year-old hunter accidentally shot himself in the leg in Casco Township on Sunday. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reports he was taken to a hospital.
Firearm deer season in Michigan runs through Nov. 30.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/11/16/2-hunters-shoot-selves-on-1st-day-of-michigans-firearms-deer-season/
Accidental Shooting in DeQueen
(11-16-15) 16 year old DeQueen boy shot by his 12 year old brother. Layne Woods, a sophomore died in a fatal hunting accident over the weekend.
http://www.fox16.com/video?videoId=271637693
Rochester Deer Hunter Accidentally Shoots Himself
by Kim David
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) – (11-16-15) A Rochester man accidentally shot himself in the foot while deer hunting Friday afternoon in the Oronoco area.
The 23 year old man told Olmsted County deputies he was sitting down and leaning back against a tree when he spotted some deer. The man says he was not able to get a shot off and forgot to uncock the 50 caliber muzzle loader gun when he set it down. The gun discharged a short while later as he was reaching for his cellphone.
The man suffered a graze wound to one of his feet and went to St. Mary’s for treatment
http://krocam.com/rochester-deer-hunter-accidentally-shoots-himself/
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