20-Year-Old Injured In Accidental Shooting
SMITHFIELD – Police are investigating an accidental shooting that sent a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man to the hospital Monday afternoon.
Smithfield Police were called to Johnston Health around 2:45 p.m. after the man arrived at the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the leg.
The victim initially told officers he had been randomly shot while walking through an unknown park in Smithfield.
Investigators later determined the shooting happened at a residence on Blount Street, where police said the man accidentally shot himself while handling a 9mm handgun.
His injuries were described as non-life-threatening.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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why lie?
Different reasons. He could be a felon and can’t have a gun. He could have used a gun he knew was stolen. Maybe he just didn’t want to admit he shot himself because that’s embarrassing. The gun could have been used in a shooting and he didn’t want the ballistic tested. There’s different reasons why he would have lied. The cops will get the gun now unless it’s actually his and registered. I highly doubt it is coming from Blount Street if you know where that’s at.
In North Carolina there’s no registry of firearms
Because his real name was Barney Fife
Blount street…….’nuff said.
Yerp!
I use to live on that shi**y street, (unfortunately) when I got trapped in a messed up family that was on drugs and career criminals. That street is full of drugs, prostitution, and crime. Thank the LORD JESUS CHRIST I made it up out of there without dying. I did get hit in the head with a hammer over there by a guy.
Big dummy