WASHINGTON CO. S.O.: TEEN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF WHILE HUNTING
A Washington County teen is in stable condition after an accidental shooting while hunting.
Washington County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the 1400 block of Pecan Glen Road just after 12:30 this (Wednesday) afternoon.
Deputies found a seventeen year old with a gunshot wound to his neck.
According to sheriff’s investigators, the teen was hunting in a field and the shotgun he was carrying apparently had an obstruction in the barrel. When fired, the end of the barrel exploded striking the victim in his neck with shrapnel.
The teen, whose name has not been released, was transported to St. Joseph’s Regional Health Center in Bryan, by Washington County EMS.
He was last reported to be in stable condition
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