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Man Accidently Shoots Himself Saturday
August 11, 2019
An adult male was seriously injured when he accidently shot himself in the lower leg Saturday morning.
Escambia County EMS was dispatched to the Escambia River Gun Club on Rocky Branch Road about 11:15 a.m. Saturday. It was not immediately clear if the injury occurred at the gun club or at a nearby location.
The man, reportedly in his 60’s, was transported to the hospital as a trauma alert with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening.
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
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9 Responses to “Man Accidently Shoots Himself Saturday”
Accidents do happen, Sounds to me like Keeping your finger off the trigger until your ready to shoot would have stopped this one from happening.
And this is why Barney had to keep his bullet in his pocket.
Accidents are extremely rare. Neglegence is pretty common….and yes, anyone can be neglegent.
Give the guy a break you dont know the whole story atleast noone else got injured hell he could of tripped and gun went off i bet half of you have been in a car wreck or fallen off a ladder sometimes crap happens
This makes a second self-inflicted gunshot wound that happened at the gun club
Eddie I don’t care how much training you have you could still have an accident
The range, the holster or the time of day were not the cause. The shooter’s lack of training was the cause.
I’m guessing that nobody was holding his beer..
This is/or was the only shooting range in the county that will let you draw from a holster, I wonder if that is the cause? Being that it was a leg injury?