Local man injured from accidental shooting
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The following is a news release from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office.
AMMON — At approximately 10:40 p.m. last night Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Idaho Falls Ambulance responded to the 1800 block of Eagle Dr. in Ammon to a report of an adult male with a gunshot wound.
Deputies and ambulance personnel were able to find a 65-year-old man in his basement with an apparent gunshot wound to his leg. In talking with the victim he stated that in the process of putting a firearm away it accidentally discharged striking him in the lower leg.
The injury appeared to be non-life threatening at the time and the man was transported by ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for treatment.
No other occupants of the residence were injured and deputies determined this appeared to be an accidental event.